Archive for December 22nd, 2011
Turkey angered by French bill to criminalize Armenian genocide denial
Nearly 100 years have elapsed since the killing of thousands of Armenians, but the wounds seem far from healed. The French parliament is to vote on a bill on Thursday making it illegal to deny that the 1915 killing of Armenians during World War I was genocide. The bill, which is expected to [...]
French parliament passes bill criminalizing Armenian Genocide denial
France’s National Assembly passed on Thursday the bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial. The bill introduced by MP Valerie Boyer supposes a year in jail or 45,000 euro punishment for those who will challenge or extremely minimize the fact of the 1915 Armenian Genocide officially [...]