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Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Jan 19 2015
Gerard Araud: "Armenian genocide" is an opinion, not a fact
19 January 2015 - 3:33pm
The Holocaust is a fact, the "Armenian genocide" is just an opinion,
the French Ambassador to the US Gerard Araud said in an interview with
US cable channel MSNBC.
The diplomat recalled that in France there is no law criminalizing
denial of the Armenian interpretation of the events of the First World
War. The denial of the Holocaust as a fact is a criminal offense.
The European Court of Human Rights imposed a sentence with similar
content on December 17th 2013 in Dogu Perincek's suit against
Switzerland. The ECHR considered that the Armenian version of the
events of 1915 was not only deprived of the verdict of an
international tribunal as a condition for establishing the fact of
genocide, but even a consensus in the academic environment, AzerTac
reported.
After the verdict the Swiss government filed an appeal under pressure
from the Armenian lobby, which will be considered by the supreme
authority of the ECHR on January 28 this year.
http://vestnikkavkaza.net/news/politics/64902.html
Jan 19 2015
Gerard Araud: "Armenian genocide" is an opinion, not a fact
19 January 2015 - 3:33pm
The Holocaust is a fact, the "Armenian genocide" is just an opinion,
the French Ambassador to the US Gerard Araud said in an interview with
US cable channel MSNBC.
The diplomat recalled that in France there is no law criminalizing
denial of the Armenian interpretation of the events of the First World
War. The denial of the Holocaust as a fact is a criminal offense.
The European Court of Human Rights imposed a sentence with similar
content on December 17th 2013 in Dogu Perincek's suit against
Switzerland. The ECHR considered that the Armenian version of the
events of 1915 was not only deprived of the verdict of an
international tribunal as a condition for establishing the fact of
genocide, but even a consensus in the academic environment, AzerTac
reported.
After the verdict the Swiss government filed an appeal under pressure
from the Armenian lobby, which will be considered by the supreme
authority of the ECHR on January 28 this year.
http://vestnikkavkaza.net/news/politics/64902.html