PARIS COURT POSTPONES GENOCIDE DENIAL CASE 2ND TIME
By Cihan News Agency

Zaman, Turkey
Oct 25 2006

A Paris court postponed a decision on a case which was prepared by
an Armenian group against Aydin Sezgin, Turkey’s ambassador to Paris.

The court postponed second time the controversial case, which was
prepared by Armenians against Turkish Ambassador Sezgin, for the
second time.

The group has accused Sezgin of spreading denial propaganda regarding
the so-called Armenian genocide during World War I, demanding that he
remove the text from the consulate’s website that denies an Armenian
genocide.

The Paris Court said the decision of the case would be declared on
Nov. 8. In beginning of October, the court had postponed its decision
on the issue after the first hearing due to an error in the court’s
computer system.

During the last hearing the prosecutor had argued that the case should
be rejected because of Sezgin’s diplomatic immunity.

Sezgin’s lawyers also had said that the court should reject the case,
adding that the ambassador was free to defend Turkey’s official stance
on the issue.