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157,000 Germans want the government to criminalize the denial of the
Armenian Genocide
armradio.am
07.07.2012 14:21
Nearly 157,000 Germans want the government to pass a law which would
make it illegal to deny that the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman
Turks nearly a century ago was genocide, according to the results of
an online poll conducted as part of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's
strategy to bring the German government closer to the people, Reuters
reports.
Merkel rejected the proposal in a discussion this week with some of
the poll participants, sayin that such a move - already attempted by
France - would badly harm relations with Turkey, a key trade partner.
Merkel also turned down a call for holding more critical debates about
Islam, a politically sensitive issue in Germany which is home to
around four million Muslims.
The online poll is part of an ongoing government initiative called
"Dialogue on the Future" that aims to get ordinary Germans thinking
about how to improve life in Germany.
From: A. Papazian
Armenian Genocide
armradio.am
07.07.2012 14:21
Nearly 157,000 Germans want the government to pass a law which would
make it illegal to deny that the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman
Turks nearly a century ago was genocide, according to the results of
an online poll conducted as part of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's
strategy to bring the German government closer to the people, Reuters
reports.
Merkel rejected the proposal in a discussion this week with some of
the poll participants, sayin that such a move - already attempted by
France - would badly harm relations with Turkey, a key trade partner.
Merkel also turned down a call for holding more critical debates about
Islam, a politically sensitive issue in Germany which is home to
around four million Muslims.
The online poll is part of an ongoing government initiative called
"Dialogue on the Future" that aims to get ordinary Germans thinking
about how to improve life in Germany.
From: A. Papazian