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ARMENIAN GENOCIDE DENIER'S SENTENCE TO BE ANNOUNCED MARCH 9
PanARMENIAN.Net
07.03.2007 18:23 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The verdict on the case of Dogu Perincek, head of
the leftist-nationalist Turkish Workers' Party, will be announced in
Lausanne March 9.
In the words of chairman of the Armenian-Swiss Union Sargis Shahinyan,
the Turkish side was accompanied in the court by Prof. Norman Stone,
Prof. Justin McCarty, Paul Leidenberg and Jean-Michel Thibaux, the
latter requested Turkish citizenship after the adoption of the French
bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial. The Armenian side
was represented by Tessa Hoffman and Raymond Gevorgyan. Perincek's
supporters tried to prove that "there was no Armenian Genocide and the
Turkish government was unable to plan and perpetrate a genocide within
several months." However the Armenian side refuted their statements by
submitting documents. The court session transformed into a historical
discussion. The conviction may become a precedent. However, it was
not our goal. We wanted a condemnation for the violation of the Swiss
law. The verdict to be announced on Friday will show the extent of
importance of the issue for both sides," Shahinyan said. The prosecutor
demanded a 6 months' imprisonment for Perincek, reports RFE/RL.
PanARMENIAN.Net
07.03.2007 18:23 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The verdict on the case of Dogu Perincek, head of
the leftist-nationalist Turkish Workers' Party, will be announced in
Lausanne March 9.
In the words of chairman of the Armenian-Swiss Union Sargis Shahinyan,
the Turkish side was accompanied in the court by Prof. Norman Stone,
Prof. Justin McCarty, Paul Leidenberg and Jean-Michel Thibaux, the
latter requested Turkish citizenship after the adoption of the French
bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial. The Armenian side
was represented by Tessa Hoffman and Raymond Gevorgyan. Perincek's
supporters tried to prove that "there was no Armenian Genocide and the
Turkish government was unable to plan and perpetrate a genocide within
several months." However the Armenian side refuted their statements by
submitting documents. The court session transformed into a historical
discussion. The conviction may become a precedent. However, it was
not our goal. We wanted a condemnation for the violation of the Swiss
law. The verdict to be announced on Friday will show the extent of
importance of the issue for both sides," Shahinyan said. The prosecutor
demanded a 6 months' imprisonment for Perincek, reports RFE/RL.