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PARLIAMENT OF CYPRUS HAS DRAFTED A BILL CRIMINALIZING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE DENIAL
21:10, 23 March, 2015
YEREVAN, 23 MARCH, ARMENPRESS. The political parties of the Republic
of Cyprus have drafted a bill criminalizing non-recognition or denial
of the Armenian Genocide.
As "Armenpress" reports, citing the Turkish Hurriyet, the bill jointly
submitted by all the political parties represented in the Parliament
of Cyprus envisages penalties for those who fail to recognize genocide,
war crimes and the crimes against humanity.
It is mentioned that it is proposed to pass the bill on the occasion
of the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide. The Republic of Cyprus has
recognized the Armenian Genocide. It is assumed that the Parliament
of Cyprus will include the bill in the agenda this week.
Currently, 22 countries and several international organizations have
recognized the Armenian Genocide.
However, as in the past, Turkey denies the mass killings of the
Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during WWI (nearly 2 million
Armenians were living in the Ottoman Empire prior to WWI, nearly 1.5
million Armenians were killed between 1915 and 1923, the remaining
500,000 Armenians became dispersed across the globe).
The Parliaments of Greece, Switzerland and Slovakia have passed bills
criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/798854/parliament-of-cyprus-has-drafted-a-bill-criminalizing-armenian-genocide-denial.html
21:10, 23 March, 2015
YEREVAN, 23 MARCH, ARMENPRESS. The political parties of the Republic
of Cyprus have drafted a bill criminalizing non-recognition or denial
of the Armenian Genocide.
As "Armenpress" reports, citing the Turkish Hurriyet, the bill jointly
submitted by all the political parties represented in the Parliament
of Cyprus envisages penalties for those who fail to recognize genocide,
war crimes and the crimes against humanity.
It is mentioned that it is proposed to pass the bill on the occasion
of the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide. The Republic of Cyprus has
recognized the Armenian Genocide. It is assumed that the Parliament
of Cyprus will include the bill in the agenda this week.
Currently, 22 countries and several international organizations have
recognized the Armenian Genocide.
However, as in the past, Turkey denies the mass killings of the
Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during WWI (nearly 2 million
Armenians were living in the Ottoman Empire prior to WWI, nearly 1.5
million Armenians were killed between 1915 and 1923, the remaining
500,000 Armenians became dispersed across the globe).
The Parliaments of Greece, Switzerland and Slovakia have passed bills
criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/798854/parliament-of-cyprus-has-drafted-a-bill-criminalizing-armenian-genocide-denial.html