news.az, Azerbaijan
Jan 7 2012
‘French Parliament’s will bury freedom of thought once and for all’
Sat 07 January 2012 07:28 GMT | 9:28 Local Time
The bill of the French Parliament on criminalization of denial of
genocides including so called `Armenian genocide’ can give stimulus to
the destruction of freedom of speech and thought in the world.
The statement came from chairman of the Holland Azerbaijni-Turkish
Culture Center, Ilhan Ashkin while commenting on the bill, Gun.Az
reports.
`Look at the level in injustice today that a place like Khojaly was
razed to the ground on 26 February 1992 but the world community said
nothing over it. Such injustice is inadmissible. The decision of the
French Parliament means destruction of freedom of speech, expression
and thought in this country once and for all. It cannot be defined in
any other way’, the Center chairman said.
Ashkin considers that to legalize and bring to agenda the issue that
allegedly happened in 1915 served the interests of France and not
Armenia.
`This is because Armenia is in such situation that such foolish laws
cannot save the country from poverty and problems. And France, with
this decision, will not be able to kneel down the will of the Turkish
nation’, Ashkin said.
News.Az
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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