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  • French Senate to vote on Armenian genocide law this month

    Public Radio, Armenia
    Jan 4 2012


    French Senate to vote on Armenian genocide law this month
    04.01.2012 16:42

    France's upper house of parliament will vote this month on a bill to
    outlaw denial of the Armenian genocide, a government official told
    AFP, despite a furious diplomatic spat with Turkey.

    The French lower house approved the law last month, threatening anyone
    who denies that the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turk forces
    amounted to genocide with jail, drawing a threat of sanctions from
    Turkey.

    Ankara froze political and military ties with France when the bill was
    passed by the National Assembly, and has threatened further measures
    if it continues through the Senate or is approved by President Nicolas
    Sarkozy.

    France recognised the killings as a genocide in 2001, but the new bill
    would punish anyone who denies this with a year in jail and a fine of
    45,000 euros.

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