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    ENVOY: FRENCH PRESIDENT WILL FULFILL HIS PLEDGE ON GENOCIDE BILL

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    October 30, 2012 - 18:05 AMT

    PanARMENIAN.Net - French President Francois Hollande will fulfill the
    pledge to adopt a bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial in
    the country, French ambassador toYerevan said.

    "I have no doubt that President Hollande will keep his promise,"
    Henri Reynaud noted during the meeting with Yerevan State University
    (YSU) international relations faculty students.

    On January 23, the French Senate passed the bill making it a crime
    to deny the Armenian Genocide. The bill envisaged imposing a 45,000
    euro fine and a year in prison for anyone in France who denies this
    crime against humanity committed by the Ottoman Empire.

    Later, the French Constitutional Council ruled that the bill as
    anti-constitutional. In a statement the Council said the document
    represented an "unconstitutional breach of the practice of freedom
    of expression and communication."




    From: A. Papazian
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