FRENCH NEWSPAPER SAYS PARLIAMENT NOT A COURT OF HISTORY
Anadolu Agency
March 1 2012
Turkey
A French newspaper said parliaments were not a court of history.
In an article which will be published on Thursday, French Le Monde
newspaper said that parliaments were not history courts, and it
supported the French Constitutional Council's decision to annul the
law criminalizing the denial of the Armenian allegations regarding
1915 incidents.
The article said the Council completely fulfilled its mission, and
it especially stressed that the law was annulled as it was against
freedom of expression.
The article criticised French President Nicolas Sarkozy as he led
adoption of the law for electoral reasons.
French council, on Tuesday, annulled a law which criminalizes the
denial of Armenian allegations regarding 1915 incidents. The council
said that the law was against freedom of expression and communication.
The annulled law had been penalizing denial of the Armenian allegations
with one-year prison term and fine of 45,000 euro.
From: A. Papazian
Anadolu Agency
March 1 2012
Turkey
A French newspaper said parliaments were not a court of history.
In an article which will be published on Thursday, French Le Monde
newspaper said that parliaments were not history courts, and it
supported the French Constitutional Council's decision to annul the
law criminalizing the denial of the Armenian allegations regarding
1915 incidents.
The article said the Council completely fulfilled its mission, and
it especially stressed that the law was annulled as it was against
freedom of expression.
The article criticised French President Nicolas Sarkozy as he led
adoption of the law for electoral reasons.
French council, on Tuesday, annulled a law which criminalizes the
denial of Armenian allegations regarding 1915 incidents. The council
said that the law was against freedom of expression and communication.
The annulled law had been penalizing denial of the Armenian allegations
with one-year prison term and fine of 45,000 euro.
From: A. Papazian