France to host rally in support of Genocide bill Jan 23

January 15, 2012 – 16:03 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Coordination Council of Armenian Organizations of
France (CCAF) urged all French people upholding principles of
democracy and humanity to join a peaceful rally on January 23 to
support the bill penalizing Armenian Genocide denial.

On December 22, 2011, French National Assembly passed a bill
criminalizing public denial of the Armenian Genocide. If passed and
signed into law by the Senate, the bill would impose a 45,000 euro
fine and a year in prison for anyone in France who denies this crime
against humanity committed by the Ottoman Empire.

The Genocide bill will be debated at French Senate on January 23.