French MP Valérie Boyer initiates new Genocide bill
December 28, 2012 – 19:59 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – French MP Valérie Boyer initiated a new draft law on
criminalizing Armenian Genocide denial.
The bill, dated December 19, stipulates for introduction of amendments
to the 1881 law on freedom of press, setting legal foundation for
countering racism and denial of Genocide.
The bill envisages a 45,000 euro fine and a year in prison for denial
of crimes against humanity, including the Armenian Genocide, Nouvelles
d’Arménie said.
On January 23, the French Senate passed the bill criminalizing the
Armenian Genocide. The bill envisaged imposing 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.
Later, the French Constitutional Council ruled that a bill adopted by
the French Senate making it a crime to deny the Armenian Genocide was
anti-constitutional.
In July, French President Francois Hollande confirmed plans for a new
law criminalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide with representatives
of the Armenian community.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
