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FRENCH ARMENIANS CALL ON PRESIDENT TO INITIATE ADOPTION OF BILL CRIMINALISING SO-CALLED GENOCIDE
Trend, Azerbaijan
April 15 2013
The French cultural association Hayastan continues to collect
signatures on a petition to be presented to French President Hollande
Frnasua, urging him to keep his campaign promise and initiate the
process of adoption of the bill criminalising denial of the so-called
'Armenian genocide', News-Armenia reported with reference to Nouvelles
d'Armenie.
According to the publication, the collection of signatures is being
held in Paris, Lyon and Marseille.
In January last year, the French parliament adopted a bill
criminalising denial of genocides recognised by law including the
so-called 'genocide' of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire. The document
called for a sentence of a year in prison and a fine of 45,000 euros
for denial of the 'genocide'.
A month later the supreme supervisory authority, the Constitutional
Council, found the law unconstitutional, as it 'infringes on the
freedom of expression and communication'.
Armenia and the Armenian lobby claim that the predecessor of Turkey,
the Ottoman Empire, committed 'genocide' against the Armenians living
in Anatolia in 1915. Worldwide Armenians, willing to recognise this
fact, achieved its recognition by parliaments of some countries through
strengthening propaganda of the so-called 'genocide' in the world.
From: Baghdasarian
Trend, Azerbaijan
April 15 2013
The French cultural association Hayastan continues to collect
signatures on a petition to be presented to French President Hollande
Frnasua, urging him to keep his campaign promise and initiate the
process of adoption of the bill criminalising denial of the so-called
'Armenian genocide', News-Armenia reported with reference to Nouvelles
d'Armenie.
According to the publication, the collection of signatures is being
held in Paris, Lyon and Marseille.
In January last year, the French parliament adopted a bill
criminalising denial of genocides recognised by law including the
so-called 'genocide' of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire. The document
called for a sentence of a year in prison and a fine of 45,000 euros
for denial of the 'genocide'.
A month later the supreme supervisory authority, the Constitutional
Council, found the law unconstitutional, as it 'infringes on the
freedom of expression and communication'.
Armenia and the Armenian lobby claim that the predecessor of Turkey,
the Ottoman Empire, committed 'genocide' against the Armenians living
in Anatolia in 1915. Worldwide Armenians, willing to recognise this
fact, achieved its recognition by parliaments of some countries through
strengthening propaganda of the so-called 'genocide' in the world.
From: Baghdasarian