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ANC AUSTRALIA URGE THE SWISS AUTHORITIES TO APPEAL ECHR RULING ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE DENIAL
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/03/10/anc-australia-urge-the-swiss-authorities-to-appeal-echr-ruling-on-armenian-genocide-denial/
11:14 10.03.2014
Armenian Genocide, ECHR
The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC Australia) met with
the Swiss Ambassador to Australia, His Excellency Marcel Stutz, to
present the Armenian-Australian community's concerns over the recent
judgment handed down by the European Court for Human Rights in the
Perincek v. Switzerland case. ANC Australia called on Switzerland to
appeal the outcome.
In 2007, Turkish politician Dogu Perincek was convicted by the Federal
Court of Switzerland for publicly denying the Armenian Genocide, which
included his public statement that "the genocide is an international
lie".
The ECHR subsequently ruled that it was not a crime for Perincek to
publicly deny the Armenian Genocide, contrary to Swiss laws prohibiting
denial and other European directives urging states to take a stronger
stance in fighting denial of genocide and crimes against humanity.
ANC Australia voiced the serious concerns of Armenian-Australians, and
Armenians worldwide, regarding the ECHR's December 17, 2013 decision,
which rejected the Swiss court's 2007 decision to penalise, under
Swiss Penal Law, Perincek's vehement denial of the Armenian Genocide.
ANC Australia presented to the Swiss Ambassador a list of factual
inaccuracies that were evident in the ECHR's judgment and called upon
the Swiss Government to appeal the judgment.
ANC Australia Executive Director, Vache Kahramanian commented at the
conclusion of the meeting: "We welcome the opportunity to have met
with the Swiss Ambassador to Australia and to have discussed this
important issue."
"Switzerland has been an international leader in both genocide
recognition and the criminalisation of genocide denial and therefore
we strongly urge the Swiss authorities to appeal the judgment of the
European Court of Human Rights," Kahramanian added.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/03/10/anc-australia-urge-the-swiss-authorities-to-appeal-echr-ruling-on-armenian-genocide-denial/
11:14 10.03.2014
Armenian Genocide, ECHR
The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC Australia) met with
the Swiss Ambassador to Australia, His Excellency Marcel Stutz, to
present the Armenian-Australian community's concerns over the recent
judgment handed down by the European Court for Human Rights in the
Perincek v. Switzerland case. ANC Australia called on Switzerland to
appeal the outcome.
In 2007, Turkish politician Dogu Perincek was convicted by the Federal
Court of Switzerland for publicly denying the Armenian Genocide, which
included his public statement that "the genocide is an international
lie".
The ECHR subsequently ruled that it was not a crime for Perincek to
publicly deny the Armenian Genocide, contrary to Swiss laws prohibiting
denial and other European directives urging states to take a stronger
stance in fighting denial of genocide and crimes against humanity.
ANC Australia voiced the serious concerns of Armenian-Australians, and
Armenians worldwide, regarding the ECHR's December 17, 2013 decision,
which rejected the Swiss court's 2007 decision to penalise, under
Swiss Penal Law, Perincek's vehement denial of the Armenian Genocide.
ANC Australia presented to the Swiss Ambassador a list of factual
inaccuracies that were evident in the ECHR's judgment and called upon
the Swiss Government to appeal the judgment.
ANC Australia Executive Director, Vache Kahramanian commented at the
conclusion of the meeting: "We welcome the opportunity to have met
with the Swiss Ambassador to Australia and to have discussed this
important issue."
"Switzerland has been an international leader in both genocide
recognition and the criminalisation of genocide denial and therefore
we strongly urge the Swiss authorities to appeal the judgment of the
European Court of Human Rights," Kahramanian added.