THE DUTCH PARLIAMENT MAY ADOPT A BILL ON PENALIZING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE DENIERS

Public Radio, Armenia
Nov 27 2006

In case the "Christian Union" Party is included in the Government and
coalition of Netherlands, it is possible that before spring the country
will adopt a bill penalizing the negation of the Armenian Genocide,
ARF Hay Dat and Political Affairs Office Director for Netherlands Masis
Abrahamyan told "Armenpress." In his words, the parliamentary elections
served as a reason for launching a serious discussion of the Armenian
Genocide issue. "The Armenian Genocide issue is a very urgent one in
Dutch politics. When the National Assembly starts working, the bill
penalizing the Armenian Genocide negation will again be discussed,"
Masis Abrahamyan assured, noting that the left-wing Socialist and
Workers’ Party oppose the bill.

The "Christian Union" faction had presented the bill on "Punishment of
genocide deniers" to the Dutch Parliament still during the previous
session in June. The bill envisages 1-2 years of imprisonment or a
financial charge for negating the Armenian and other genocides. The law
in force in Netherlands applies only to the negation of the Jewish
Genocide, but the party suggests to apply it to other genocides
as well.