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SLOVAKIA'S ARMENIANS DEMAND PROSECUTION OF ENVOY TO RUSSIA
PanARMENIAN.Net
October 1, 2012 - 18:02 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Slovakia's Armenian community representatives
addressed the public prosecutor's office with a statement urging for
instigation of a criminal case against Slovakia's ambassador to Russia,
Armenia and Azerbaijan and Slovakia's former parliamentary speaker
Josef Migash. The embassy's statement addressed to Azerbaijani media,
claiming that Slovakia lacked a law criminalizing Armenian Genocide
denial served a reason for the step.
"Slovakia's ambassador to Moscow Josef Migash confirmed the information
during his official meeting with Armenia's envoy to Russia Oleg
Yesayan," president of the Forum of Armenian Associations of Europe
(FAAE) Ashot Grigoryan's statement to Slovakia's prosecutor's office
reads.
According to Mr. Grigoryan, Armenian Genocide denial is criminalized
in Slovakia under paragraph 424a of the Penal Code, with Slovakia's
Supreme Court Chairman Štefan Harabin confirming his point.
Slovakia's embassy in Moscow declined to comment on the measures
taken by FAAE head.
"The embassy bases its stance on state institutions' official
standpoint," representative of an embassy in Russia Martin Kacho said.
In November, 2011, Armenian media released publications on the
Slovakian law penalizing Armenian Genocide denial, citing Slovakia's
Supreme Council chairman Stefan Harabin's statement. In response to
the outlets, Azerbaijan published the statement of Slovakia's embassy
in Russia, denying the existence of such a law.
"Under the paragraph 424a of Slovakia's Penal Code, denial of the
Armenian Genocide is criminalized along with the Holocaust negating
expressions," Mr. Harabin told a SITA. Agency, noting Slovakia as
the only country in the EU to criminalize denial of Armenian Genocide.
PanARMENIAN.Net
October 1, 2012 - 18:02 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Slovakia's Armenian community representatives
addressed the public prosecutor's office with a statement urging for
instigation of a criminal case against Slovakia's ambassador to Russia,
Armenia and Azerbaijan and Slovakia's former parliamentary speaker
Josef Migash. The embassy's statement addressed to Azerbaijani media,
claiming that Slovakia lacked a law criminalizing Armenian Genocide
denial served a reason for the step.
"Slovakia's ambassador to Moscow Josef Migash confirmed the information
during his official meeting with Armenia's envoy to Russia Oleg
Yesayan," president of the Forum of Armenian Associations of Europe
(FAAE) Ashot Grigoryan's statement to Slovakia's prosecutor's office
reads.
According to Mr. Grigoryan, Armenian Genocide denial is criminalized
in Slovakia under paragraph 424a of the Penal Code, with Slovakia's
Supreme Court Chairman Štefan Harabin confirming his point.
Slovakia's embassy in Moscow declined to comment on the measures
taken by FAAE head.
"The embassy bases its stance on state institutions' official
standpoint," representative of an embassy in Russia Martin Kacho said.
In November, 2011, Armenian media released publications on the
Slovakian law penalizing Armenian Genocide denial, citing Slovakia's
Supreme Council chairman Stefan Harabin's statement. In response to
the outlets, Azerbaijan published the statement of Slovakia's embassy
in Russia, denying the existence of such a law.
"Under the paragraph 424a of Slovakia's Penal Code, denial of the
Armenian Genocide is criminalized along with the Holocaust negating
expressions," Mr. Harabin told a SITA. Agency, noting Slovakia as
the only country in the EU to criminalize denial of Armenian Genocide.