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    FRENCH NEWSPAPER SAYS PARLIAMENT NOT A COURT OF HISTORY

    Anadolu Agency
    March 1 2012
    Turkey

    A French newspaper said parliaments were not a court of history.

    In an article which will be published on Thursday, French Le Monde
    newspaper said that parliaments were not history courts, and it
    supported the French Constitutional Council's decision to annul the
    law criminalizing the denial of the Armenian allegations regarding
    1915 incidents.

    The article said the Council completely fulfilled its mission, and
    it especially stressed that the law was annulled as it was against
    freedom of expression.

    The article criticised French President Nicolas Sarkozy as he led
    adoption of the law for electoral reasons.

    French council, on Tuesday, annulled a law which criminalizes the
    denial of Armenian allegations regarding 1915 incidents. The council
    said that the law was against freedom of expression and communication.

    The annulled law had been penalizing denial of the Armenian allegations
    with one-year prison term and fine of 45,000 euro.




    From: A. Papazian
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