Armenian Genocide bill: French Senate set for January vote

Aysor, Armenia
Jan 4 2012

The French Senate is to vote by the end of the month on a bill making
it illegal to deny that the mass killing of Armenians was genocide,
according to BBC.

The lower house of parliament backed the proposal on 22 December,
prompting a freeze in relations with Turkey.

Despite Ankara’s angry response, government officials have told French
media that the vote will go ahead.

France is one of more than 20 countries that have formally recognized
the killings as genocide.

Under proposals backed by the National Assembly last month, anyone
publicly denying it was genocide would face a year in jail and a fine
of 45,000 euros ($58,000; £29,000).

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

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Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS