OSCE REACTS TO FRANCE’S ARMENIAN BILL
By Selcuk Gultasli, Brussels

Zaman, Turkey
Oct 18 2006

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has
reacted to France, whose parliament adopted a bill on Thursday that
makes it a crime to deny that an Armenian genocide occurred in Turkey
during World War I.

In a warning to France, the OSCE explained that if the Armenian
bill became law, Paris would set a dangerous example for other OSCE
member countries.

In a written statement, the OSCE called on the French Senate to reject
the draft if it came before them.

OSCE Media Freedom representative Miklos Haraszti sent a letter to
the president of the French Senate, Christian Poncelet, and expressed
his concerns.

Haraszti asked French senators to reject the Armenian bill on the
grounds that adopting this law would cause serious concerns for
international standards of freedom of expression.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress