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    AZTAG EDITOR: FRANCE IS BASING ON POLITICAL CENSORSHIP

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    March 1, 2012 - 14:16 AMT

    PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey needed a rally condemning Khojalu events which
    escalated the hostile attitude towards Armenians to an unprecedented
    level, Shahan Kandaharian, editor-in-chief of Beirut-based "Aztag
    paper said.

    A rally aiming to show Turkey's power to Armenians was organized
    in Taksim square in Istanbul on the eve of consideration of the bill
    criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial in the French Constitutional
    Council. The topic of Khojalu was picked for intimidation, he told
    a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

    "The propaganda Ankara-Baku link organized a rally in Istanbul and
    Baku targeting not only Khojalu. A black wreath was laid at the French
    embassy, and Azeris living in Turkey called to equate Khojalu events to
    the Armenian Genocide, focus being namely on Khojalu," the editor said.

    As to the ruling of the French Constitutional Council, Kandaharian
    believes denial of the Armenian Genocide and recognition of
    Khojalu events is the policy pursued by official Ankara in favour
    of Azerbaijan. "Contradictions within domestic policy in France
    revealed by the political decision of the Constitutional Council
    on the issue, must be mentioned again. Why the denial of Holocaust
    should be criminalized, being in line with the constitution of France,
    while the Genocide bill is unconstitutional?"

    "All this is enough to understand that the decision was based not on
    the constitution of the country but the political censorship. It is
    painful for Armenians to realize that the Armenian Genocide became
    another card in political games. This game implies revision of the
    bill, its adoption and submittal to the Constitutional Council, i.e.

    the same path will be repeated. The Armenian side should not yield to
    emotions; it must pursue its policy in line with political realities.

    Again, it became clear that legal judgments in France are being
    passed by the Constitutional Council basing on current political
    considerations," he emphasized.

    The French Constitutional Council on Feb 28 ruled the bill
    criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial adopted earlier by the
    Senate of France as unconstitutional. The Council justified it by
    the fact that the law "contradicts Article 33 of the Constitution of
    France and the freedom of speech".

    On January 23, the French Senate passed the bill with 127 votes for
    and 86 against. If signed into law by the President, the bill would
    impose a 45,000 euro fine and a year in prison for anyone in France
    who denies this crime against humanity committed by the Ottoman Empire.

    Turkey reacted furiously when the Senate approved the law. Ankara
    halted political and military cooperation with France and was
    threatening to cut off economic and cultural ties if the law took
    effect.

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