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Jan 28 2015
Amal Clooney's Next Big Case: Representing Armenia in Genocide Trial
After playing the role of red-carpet date for her husband, George
Clooney, at the Golden Globes, Amal Clooney is taking off the white
gloves and getting down to business.
Her latest mission: representing Armenia's interests in a landmark
trial before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg,
France, beginning Wednesday.
The case is an appeal of a 2013 ruling by the ECHR - described as the
Supreme Court of Europe - in which the court decided that a Swiss law
prohibiting the public denial of the alleged Armenian genocide is a
violation of freedom of speech.
Switzerland is now appealing the verdict, and the outcome of the trial
could have ramifications for other European nations, such as France,
which have also attempted to outlaw genocide denial.
For her part, Clooney, 36, will attempt to refute testimony from
countries, like Turkey, which do not accept that the mass killing and
forced deportation of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire from 1915-1923
was an act of genocide.
The appeal is Clooney's first big case of 2015. Last year, she
represented Greece in the country's bid to have the Elgin Marbles
returned from the British Museum.
More recently, she represented one of three Al Jazeera journalists
imprisoned in Egypt.
http://www.people.com/article/amal-clooney-case-armenia-genocide-trial
Jan 28 2015
Amal Clooney's Next Big Case: Representing Armenia in Genocide Trial
After playing the role of red-carpet date for her husband, George
Clooney, at the Golden Globes, Amal Clooney is taking off the white
gloves and getting down to business.
Her latest mission: representing Armenia's interests in a landmark
trial before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg,
France, beginning Wednesday.
The case is an appeal of a 2013 ruling by the ECHR - described as the
Supreme Court of Europe - in which the court decided that a Swiss law
prohibiting the public denial of the alleged Armenian genocide is a
violation of freedom of speech.
Switzerland is now appealing the verdict, and the outcome of the trial
could have ramifications for other European nations, such as France,
which have also attempted to outlaw genocide denial.
For her part, Clooney, 36, will attempt to refute testimony from
countries, like Turkey, which do not accept that the mass killing and
forced deportation of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire from 1915-1923
was an act of genocide.
The appeal is Clooney's first big case of 2015. Last year, she
represented Greece in the country's bid to have the Elgin Marbles
returned from the British Museum.
More recently, she represented one of three Al Jazeera journalists
imprisoned in Egypt.
http://www.people.com/article/amal-clooney-case-armenia-genocide-trial