Armenian Genocide: Boston Judge Stood Against Suit of Turkish Organizations
PanARMENIAN.Net
22.09.2006 17:31 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Boston Judge Assistant William Porter stood
against the suit brought by the Turkish organizations with a demand
to include the materials denying the Armenian Genocide into the
curriculum of Massachusetts schools. Porter said the "argument"
of the Turkish organizations regarding freedom of speech doesn’t
refer to the position of the government and according to the Law
on Limitations the case should be dropped. Besides, Porter added,
the Assembly of Turkish organizations of America had no basis
for producing a suit, since "pupils and teachers can familiarize
themselves with the materials denying the Genocide from the sources
not included in the school curriculum." To remind, the Assembly of
Turkish organizations of America brought a suit against the decision
by the department on Massachusetts education issues, according to
which the materials denying the Armenian Genocide were withdrawn
from the school curriculum. The Assembly described the decision and
"censorship" and "violation of freedom of speech", reported Yerkir.