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KURDISH PARTY DIDN'T JOIN TURKISH INITIATIVES AGAINST GENOCIDE BILL - PARTY HEAD
PanARMENIAN.Net
June 1, 2012 - 20:31 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - A group of Armenian and Turkish journalists met with
the deputy head of the parliamentary group of Peace and Democracy Party
(BDP).
Hasip Kaplan noted that human rights protection of national minorities
in Turkey has always been on party's agenda.
He noted with regret that BDP resolved not to nominate any Armenian
candidates for the recent parliamentary race, stating that the problem
will be solved at the upcoming elections.
Dwelling n the French bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial,
and Turkey's initiatives against its adoption, he said BDP refused
to join the parties having affixed their signatures to the relevant
statement
"I refused to sign the document as it distorted historical facts.
Without our signature it couldn't convey the standpoint of the whole
parliament," Aze.az.quoted Kaplan as saying.
On January 23, the French Senate passed the bill criminalizing the
Armenian Genocide. The bill envisaged imposing a 45,000 euro fine and
a year in prison for anyone in France who denies this crime against
humanity committed by the Ottoman Empire.
Later, the French Constitutional Council ruled that a bill adopted
by the French Senate making it a crime to deny the Armenian Genocide
was anti-constitutional.
In a statement the Council said the bill adopted by parliament on
January 23 represented an "unconstitutional breach of the practice
of freedom of expression and communication."
Turkey reacted furiously when the Senate approved the law. Ankara
halted political and military cooperation with France and was
threatening to cut off economic and cultural ties if the law took
effect.
Immediately after French Constitutional Council ruling, the then
President Nicolas Sarkozy instructed the government to submit a new
draft law punishing the denial of the Armenian Genocide.
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Kurdish party didn't join Turkish initiatives against Genocide bill
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Group of Armenian and Turkish journalists met with deputy head of
parliamentary group of Peace and Democracy Party.
A group of Armenian and Turkish journalists met with the deputy head
of the parliamentary group of Peace and Democracy Party (BDP).
Hasip Kaplan noted that human rights protection of national minorities
in Turkey has always been on party's agenda.
He noted with regret that BDP resolved not to nominate any Armenian
candidates for the recent parliamentary race, stating that the problem
will be solved at the upcoming elections.
Dwelling n the French bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial,
and Turkey's initiatives against its adoption, he said BDP refused
to join the parties having affixed their signatures to the relevant
statement
"I refused to sign the document as it distorted historical facts.
Without our signature it couldn't convey the standpoint of the whole
parliament," Aze.az.quoted Kaplan as saying.
On January 23, the French Senate passed the bill criminalizing the
Armenian Genocide. The bill envisaged imposing a 45,000 euro fine and
a year in prison for anyone in France who denies this crime against
humanity committed by the Ottoman Empire.
Later, the French Constitutional Council ruled that a bill adopted
by the French Senate making it a crime to deny the Armenian Genocide
was anti-constitutional.
In a statement the Council said the bill adopted by parliament on
January 23 represented an "unconstitutional breach of the practice
of freedom of expression and communication."
Turkey reacted furiously when the Senate approved the law. Ankara
halted political and military cooperation with France and was
threatening to cut off economic and cultural ties if the law took
effect.
Immediately after French Constitutional Council ruling, the then
President Nicolas Sarkozy instructed the government to submit a new
draft law punishing the denial of the Armenian Genocide.
PanARMENIAN.Net
June 1, 2012 - 20:31 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - A group of Armenian and Turkish journalists met with
the deputy head of the parliamentary group of Peace and Democracy Party
(BDP).
Hasip Kaplan noted that human rights protection of national minorities
in Turkey has always been on party's agenda.
He noted with regret that BDP resolved not to nominate any Armenian
candidates for the recent parliamentary race, stating that the problem
will be solved at the upcoming elections.
Dwelling n the French bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial,
and Turkey's initiatives against its adoption, he said BDP refused
to join the parties having affixed their signatures to the relevant
statement
"I refused to sign the document as it distorted historical facts.
Without our signature it couldn't convey the standpoint of the whole
parliament," Aze.az.quoted Kaplan as saying.
On January 23, the French Senate passed the bill criminalizing the
Armenian Genocide. The bill envisaged imposing a 45,000 euro fine and
a year in prison for anyone in France who denies this crime against
humanity committed by the Ottoman Empire.
Later, the French Constitutional Council ruled that a bill adopted
by the French Senate making it a crime to deny the Armenian Genocide
was anti-constitutional.
In a statement the Council said the bill adopted by parliament on
January 23 represented an "unconstitutional breach of the practice
of freedom of expression and communication."
Turkey reacted furiously when the Senate approved the law. Ankara
halted political and military cooperation with France and was
threatening to cut off economic and cultural ties if the law took
effect.
Immediately after French Constitutional Council ruling, the then
President Nicolas Sarkozy instructed the government to submit a new
draft law punishing the denial of the Armenian Genocide.
-st-
Kurdish party didn't join Turkish initiatives against Genocide bill
- party head Kurdish party didn't join Turkish initiatives against
Genocide bill - party head
Group of Armenian and Turkish journalists met with deputy head of
parliamentary group of Peace and Democracy Party.
A group of Armenian and Turkish journalists met with the deputy head
of the parliamentary group of Peace and Democracy Party (BDP).
Hasip Kaplan noted that human rights protection of national minorities
in Turkey has always been on party's agenda.
He noted with regret that BDP resolved not to nominate any Armenian
candidates for the recent parliamentary race, stating that the problem
will be solved at the upcoming elections.
Dwelling n the French bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial,
and Turkey's initiatives against its adoption, he said BDP refused
to join the parties having affixed their signatures to the relevant
statement
"I refused to sign the document as it distorted historical facts.
Without our signature it couldn't convey the standpoint of the whole
parliament," Aze.az.quoted Kaplan as saying.
On January 23, the French Senate passed the bill criminalizing the
Armenian Genocide. The bill envisaged imposing a 45,000 euro fine and
a year in prison for anyone in France who denies this crime against
humanity committed by the Ottoman Empire.
Later, the French Constitutional Council ruled that a bill adopted
by the French Senate making it a crime to deny the Armenian Genocide
was anti-constitutional.
In a statement the Council said the bill adopted by parliament on
January 23 represented an "unconstitutional breach of the practice
of freedom of expression and communication."
Turkey reacted furiously when the Senate approved the law. Ankara
halted political and military cooperation with France and was
threatening to cut off economic and cultural ties if the law took
effect.
Immediately after French Constitutional Council ruling, the then
President Nicolas Sarkozy instructed the government to submit a new
draft law punishing the denial of the Armenian Genocide.