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FRENCH DEPUTY MAKES FRESH ATTEMPT ON 'GENOCIDE' DENIAL BILL
Hurriyet, Turkey
Feb 12 2013
LYON - Dogan News Agency
A French lawmaker who gained a reputation last year fiercely defending
a bill criminalizing denial of the alleged Armenian genocide has made
a fresh attempt to bring the bill to the forefront.
Valerie Boyer and five other lawmakers submitted the draft law to
the French Parliament Feb. 6. The first article of the bill provides
for two years of imprisonment or a fine of 45,000 euros for denial
of the alleged genocide.
Last year a similar bill was approved by the French Senate at the
request of Boyer. However, the French Constitutional Court ruled
that the bill was anti-constitutional, citing its contradiction to
the freedom of speech.
February/12/2013
Hurriyet, Turkey
Feb 12 2013
LYON - Dogan News Agency
A French lawmaker who gained a reputation last year fiercely defending
a bill criminalizing denial of the alleged Armenian genocide has made
a fresh attempt to bring the bill to the forefront.
Valerie Boyer and five other lawmakers submitted the draft law to
the French Parliament Feb. 6. The first article of the bill provides
for two years of imprisonment or a fine of 45,000 euros for denial
of the alleged genocide.
Last year a similar bill was approved by the French Senate at the
request of Boyer. However, the French Constitutional Court ruled
that the bill was anti-constitutional, citing its contradiction to
the freedom of speech.
February/12/2013