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TWO TURKS ARRESTED IN SWITZERLAND FOR DENYING THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
armradio.am
02.07.2007 15:33
Two Turks were arrested on Saturday on suspicion of breaking Swiss
anti-racism laws for denying that the killing of Armenians in the
early 20th century was genocide.
The two were arrested at a conference in the Zurich suburb of
Winterthur, where posters were hung up and leaflets distributed
rejecting that the killing was genocide. One of the Turks organized
the event and the other was shouting slogans before a crowd.
Switzerland's anti-racism legislation, which previously applied to
Holocaust denial, was used earlier this year to prosecute a Turkish
politician for denying at a gathering in 2005 that the Turks committed
genocide in the World War I-era killings, the Turkish Daily News
reports.
Last week, a Swiss cantonal court upheld the conviction against Dogu
Perincek, the leader of the Workers' Party (Ä°P), as well as an order
for him to pay a fine of 3,000 Swiss francs ($2,450).
Police in the canton of Zurich identified the two arrested individuals
as a 57-year-old resident of Germany and a 51-year-old Swiss resident.
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armradio.am
02.07.2007 15:33
Two Turks were arrested on Saturday on suspicion of breaking Swiss
anti-racism laws for denying that the killing of Armenians in the
early 20th century was genocide.
The two were arrested at a conference in the Zurich suburb of
Winterthur, where posters were hung up and leaflets distributed
rejecting that the killing was genocide. One of the Turks organized
the event and the other was shouting slogans before a crowd.
Switzerland's anti-racism legislation, which previously applied to
Holocaust denial, was used earlier this year to prosecute a Turkish
politician for denying at a gathering in 2005 that the Turks committed
genocide in the World War I-era killings, the Turkish Daily News
reports.
Last week, a Swiss cantonal court upheld the conviction against Dogu
Perincek, the leader of the Workers' Party (Ä°P), as well as an order
for him to pay a fine of 3,000 Swiss francs ($2,450).
Police in the canton of Zurich identified the two arrested individuals
as a 57-year-old resident of Germany and a 51-year-old Swiss resident.
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