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Jan 28 2015
Amal Clooney to represent Armenia in Euro-court over 1915 genocide
Mrs Clooney is to lead the court fight with Turkish MP Perincek
Amal Clooney is set to represent Armenia in a high-profile case
against a Turkish politician who denies that the 1915 genocide, when
up to 1.5million Armenians were slaughtered, ever took place.
Mrs Clooney will advise the Eurasian country as they challenge the
appeal of Dogu Perinçek, who was found guilty by a Swiss court in
2008, of denying the Armenian genocide.
The 36-year-old human rights lawyer and her head of chambers, Geoffrey
Robertson QC, arrived at the appeal hearing before the European Court
of Human Rights in Strasbourg today.
Perincek argued his right to free speech was violated when Swiss
courts convicted him of denying the genocide in 2005.
Historians estimate up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed by Ottoman
Turks around the time of World War I, an event widely viewed by
genocide scholars as the first genocide of the 20th century. Turkey,
however, denies the deaths constituted genocide, saying the toll has
been inflated and that those killed were victims of civil war and
unrest.
His appeal is now being challenged by Armenia, who argues that denying
the 1915 genocide is a crime on par with Holocaust denial.
The Armenians also says that the European Court of Human Rights's
ruling on Mr Perinçek's 2013 appeal contains legal and factual errors.
This April marks the 100th anniversary of the massacre of an estimated
1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turks.
The killings in 1915 are regarded by many historians as the first
genocide of the 20th century, and are said to have inspired Nazi
leader Adolf Hitler.
http://www.nationalcolumn.com/amal-clooney-to-represent-armenia-in-euro-court-over-1915-genocide-news-3310
Jan 28 2015
Amal Clooney to represent Armenia in Euro-court over 1915 genocide
Mrs Clooney is to lead the court fight with Turkish MP Perincek
Amal Clooney is set to represent Armenia in a high-profile case
against a Turkish politician who denies that the 1915 genocide, when
up to 1.5million Armenians were slaughtered, ever took place.
Mrs Clooney will advise the Eurasian country as they challenge the
appeal of Dogu Perinçek, who was found guilty by a Swiss court in
2008, of denying the Armenian genocide.
The 36-year-old human rights lawyer and her head of chambers, Geoffrey
Robertson QC, arrived at the appeal hearing before the European Court
of Human Rights in Strasbourg today.
Perincek argued his right to free speech was violated when Swiss
courts convicted him of denying the genocide in 2005.
Historians estimate up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed by Ottoman
Turks around the time of World War I, an event widely viewed by
genocide scholars as the first genocide of the 20th century. Turkey,
however, denies the deaths constituted genocide, saying the toll has
been inflated and that those killed were victims of civil war and
unrest.
His appeal is now being challenged by Armenia, who argues that denying
the 1915 genocide is a crime on par with Holocaust denial.
The Armenians also says that the European Court of Human Rights's
ruling on Mr Perinçek's 2013 appeal contains legal and factual errors.
This April marks the 100th anniversary of the massacre of an estimated
1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turks.
The killings in 1915 are regarded by many historians as the first
genocide of the 20th century, and are said to have inspired Nazi
leader Adolf Hitler.
http://www.nationalcolumn.com/amal-clooney-to-represent-armenia-in-euro-court-over-1915-genocide-news-3310