TURKISH PROTESTS ERUPT AS FRANCE MOVES TO PASS GENOCIDE-DENIAL BILL
National Post
Dec 22 2011
Canada
PARIS – France took the first step on Thursday to criminalizing the
denial of genocide, including the 1915 mass killing of Armenians
by Ottoman Turks, a move that risks damaging Paris’ diplomatic and
commercial relations with Ankara.
Tension has risen in the last week over the draft law put forward by
members of President Nicolas Sarkozy’s party with Turkish Prime
Minister Tayyip Erdogan warning Sarkozy there would be grave
consequences if the bill passes.
Lawmakers in the National Assembly – the lower house of parliament –
voted overwhelmingly in favour of the bill, which will now be debated
next year in the Senate.
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