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FRANCE MAKING IT A CRIME TO DENY ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Newser
http://www.newser.com/story/138129/france-making-it-a-crime-to-deny-armenian-genocide.html
Jan 24 2012
Turkey expected to withdraw ambassador
(Newser) - If you are in France and deny that Turkey committed
"genocide" against 1.5 million Armenians in 1915-1916, be prepared
to be fined $57,000 and spend a year in jail. Actually, the new
legislation applies to genocide denial in general, but it is the
law's application to the mass killings of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey
nearly 100 years ago that has Turkey furious-and Armenia elated,
of course-reports the BBC.
"This day will be written in gold not only in the history of friendship
between the Armenian and French peoples, but also in the annals of the
history of the protection of human rights," says the Armenian foreign
affairs minister. Turkey is expected to withdraw its ambassador to
France in protest. (Sound familiar?) "France opened a black page
in its history," tweeted the head of Turkey's foreign relations
committee. Nicolas Sarkozy is expected to sign it into law next month.
Newser
http://www.newser.com/story/138129/france-making-it-a-crime-to-deny-armenian-genocide.html
Jan 24 2012
Turkey expected to withdraw ambassador
(Newser) - If you are in France and deny that Turkey committed
"genocide" against 1.5 million Armenians in 1915-1916, be prepared
to be fined $57,000 and spend a year in jail. Actually, the new
legislation applies to genocide denial in general, but it is the
law's application to the mass killings of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey
nearly 100 years ago that has Turkey furious-and Armenia elated,
of course-reports the BBC.
"This day will be written in gold not only in the history of friendship
between the Armenian and French peoples, but also in the annals of the
history of the protection of human rights," says the Armenian foreign
affairs minister. Turkey is expected to withdraw its ambassador to
France in protest. (Sound familiar?) "France opened a black page
in its history," tweeted the head of Turkey's foreign relations
committee. Nicolas Sarkozy is expected to sign it into law next month.