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DOGU PERINCEK APPEALED COURT'S VERDICT
PanARMENIAN.Net
13.03.2007 17:40 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Leader of Turkish Workers' Party Dogu Perincek,
who was convicted of denying the Armenian Genocide lodged a complaint
against the verdict of a Swiss court. Lawyer Loran Moreyon said that
Perincek appealed to the court of Swiss canton of Wo, AP reports.
Visiting Switzerland in 2005 Perincek twice declared that the Armenian
Genocide is an "international lie".
During the process judge Pier-Anri Winzap said those statements were
"of unconcealed racist and nationalistic character. And there are no
mitigating circumstances in defendant's actions". Perincek himself was
characterized as an "arrogant provocateur" by the judge. He stressed
that although the Armenian Genocide issue is not included in the list
of similar crimes by the International Court, it is a "historical fact,
which was recognized by the Swiss society, and Perincek's statements
were of provocative character".
The court in Lausanne handed Perincek a suspended fine of SFr 9,000
($7,336) as well as a one-off financial penalty of SFr 3,000. The
court also ruled that Perincek would have to pay SFr 1,000 to the
Swiss-Armenian Association as a symbolic gesture, which appeared as
civil plaintiff.
PanARMENIAN.Net
13.03.2007 17:40 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Leader of Turkish Workers' Party Dogu Perincek,
who was convicted of denying the Armenian Genocide lodged a complaint
against the verdict of a Swiss court. Lawyer Loran Moreyon said that
Perincek appealed to the court of Swiss canton of Wo, AP reports.
Visiting Switzerland in 2005 Perincek twice declared that the Armenian
Genocide is an "international lie".
During the process judge Pier-Anri Winzap said those statements were
"of unconcealed racist and nationalistic character. And there are no
mitigating circumstances in defendant's actions". Perincek himself was
characterized as an "arrogant provocateur" by the judge. He stressed
that although the Armenian Genocide issue is not included in the list
of similar crimes by the International Court, it is a "historical fact,
which was recognized by the Swiss society, and Perincek's statements
were of provocative character".
The court in Lausanne handed Perincek a suspended fine of SFr 9,000
($7,336) as well as a one-off financial penalty of SFr 3,000. The
court also ruled that Perincek would have to pay SFr 1,000 to the
Swiss-Armenian Association as a symbolic gesture, which appeared as
civil plaintiff.