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FAAE TO URGE COUNTRIES TO CRIMINALIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE FACT DENIAL
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22 May, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, May 22. /ARKA/. The Forum of Armenian Associations of Europe
(FAAE) will call on all those countries which have already recognized
the fact of Armenian genocide in Ottoman Empire to criminalize the
denial of this fact, Ashot Grigoryan, head of FAAE, said Tuesday at
a news conference.
"We'll urge all these countries to follow Slovakia's example," he
said. "This is only one of the steps we intend to take by the 100th
anniversary of Armenian Genocide."
Slovakian Parliament passed this unprecedented bill on September
1, 2009.
Under this law, those denying the genocide fact in Slovakia's territory
will face a five-year term.
Grigoryan also said that FAAE will convene a congress to discuss
preparations to mark the first centennial of Armenian Genocide.
Armenian genocide was the first genocide committed in XX century.
Turkey rejects the accusation of massacres and the killing of one
and a half million Armenians during World War I.
The fact of the Armenian genocide is recognized by many countries,
particularly by Uruguay, Russia, France, Lithuania, most of the U.S.
states, as well as by the parliaments of Greece, Cyprus, Argentina,
Belgium, Wales, National Council of Switzerland, Common House of
Canada, the Seym of Poland and lower house of Italian parliament.
/ARKA/
22 May, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, May 22. /ARKA/. The Forum of Armenian Associations of Europe
(FAAE) will call on all those countries which have already recognized
the fact of Armenian genocide in Ottoman Empire to criminalize the
denial of this fact, Ashot Grigoryan, head of FAAE, said Tuesday at
a news conference.
"We'll urge all these countries to follow Slovakia's example," he
said. "This is only one of the steps we intend to take by the 100th
anniversary of Armenian Genocide."
Slovakian Parliament passed this unprecedented bill on September
1, 2009.
Under this law, those denying the genocide fact in Slovakia's territory
will face a five-year term.
Grigoryan also said that FAAE will convene a congress to discuss
preparations to mark the first centennial of Armenian Genocide.
Armenian genocide was the first genocide committed in XX century.
Turkey rejects the accusation of massacres and the killing of one
and a half million Armenians during World War I.
The fact of the Armenian genocide is recognized by many countries,
particularly by Uruguay, Russia, France, Lithuania, most of the U.S.
states, as well as by the parliaments of Greece, Cyprus, Argentina,
Belgium, Wales, National Council of Switzerland, Common House of
Canada, the Seym of Poland and lower house of Italian parliament.