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France rejects punishing denial

of the Armenian genocide

Yerevan's memorial (foto by Carmelo)

Yerevan's memorial (foto by Carmelo)

The French Senate rejected a law design approved in 2006 by the General Assembly providing a year jail and a fine of 45,000 euros for those who deny the Armenian genocide.

The text was rejected with 196 nays and 74 ays, after a passionate parliamentary debate with the participation, among others, of philosopher Bernard-Henry Lévy and singer Charles Aznavour, the Armenian ambassador to Switzerland.

The vote was accompanied also by a protest demonstration outside the Senate against President Sarkozy who before his election had offered support to this law proposal.




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