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    GERMAN AUTHORITIES PROHIBIT HOLDING OF "TALAAT-PASHA ACTION" IN BERLIN

    Noyan Tapan
    Armenians Today
    Mar 14 2006

    BRUSSELS, MARCH 14, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The German
    authorities have prohibited a series of rallies the Turkish
    organizations planned to hold in mid-March in Berlin. As Noyan Tapan
    was informed by the ARF Dashnaktsutiun European Armenian Federation for
    Justice and Democracy, the ban is based on the Article 189 of German
    Criminal Code, according to which it's prohibited to show "disrespect
    to the deceased". In their statement the German authorities used the
    expression "those who died in 1915" in order to avoid mentioning the
    Armenian Genocide.

    The rallies that were to be held in Berlin were to be the beginning of
    the events under the title "Talaat-Pasha Action" within the framework
    of the "Grand Operation - 2006" initiative. The initiative a number of
    Turkish figures, led by former President of self-proclaimed Republic of
    North Cyprus Rauf Denktash, came up with, pursued the goal to achieve
    Bundestag's withdrawing its resolution on the Armenian Genocide.

    Executive Director of European Armenian Federation for Justice
    and Democracy Loran Leylekian expressed hope that all the European
    politicians will show resoluteness as at present Europe is a witness
    of an unprecedented wave of negationism threatening not only the
    Armenians but also all Europeans.

    According to the "Marmara" newspaper of Istanbul, the German Embassy
    in Ankara refused to give visas to all Turks who intended to leave
    for Berlin for taking part in the rally.
    From: Baghdasarian
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