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FRENCH SENATE REJECTED AMENDMENTS TO "ARMENIAN GENOCIDE" BILL
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Jan 23 2012
Azerbaijan
French Senate with 167 votes has rejected amendments to the bill
criminalising denial of the so-called "Armenian genocide", CNN Turk
channel reported on Monday.
Discussion of the bill will be continued.
The Lower House of the French Parliament adopted a bill criminalising
the denial of the so-called "Armenian genocide".
Some 45 out of 577 French MPs voted with 38 voting for and seven
against the adoption of the bill.
The bill demands about a year's imprisonment and a fine of 45,000
euros for denial of the so- called "Armenian genocide".
In response to this decision Turkey announced it has frozen all
diplomatic relations with France.
MPs from the French President's Union for Popular Movement (UMP)
party which has the parliamentary majority, proposed the bill which
aims at criminalising denial of the so-called "Armenian genocide" to
the legislative committee of the National Assembly in early December.
Armenia and the Armenian lobby claim that the predecessor of the Turkey
- Ottoman Empire had committed the 1915 genocide against the Armenians
living in Anadolu, and achieved recognition of the "Armenian Genocide"
by the parliaments of several countries.
Trend
Jan 23 2012
Azerbaijan
French Senate with 167 votes has rejected amendments to the bill
criminalising denial of the so-called "Armenian genocide", CNN Turk
channel reported on Monday.
Discussion of the bill will be continued.
The Lower House of the French Parliament adopted a bill criminalising
the denial of the so-called "Armenian genocide".
Some 45 out of 577 French MPs voted with 38 voting for and seven
against the adoption of the bill.
The bill demands about a year's imprisonment and a fine of 45,000
euros for denial of the so- called "Armenian genocide".
In response to this decision Turkey announced it has frozen all
diplomatic relations with France.
MPs from the French President's Union for Popular Movement (UMP)
party which has the parliamentary majority, proposed the bill which
aims at criminalising denial of the so-called "Armenian genocide" to
the legislative committee of the National Assembly in early December.
Armenia and the Armenian lobby claim that the predecessor of the Turkey
- Ottoman Empire had committed the 1915 genocide against the Armenians
living in Anadolu, and achieved recognition of the "Armenian Genocide"
by the parliaments of several countries.