TOGETHER AGAINST NEGATIONISM

ArmRadio.am
18.01.2007 12:53

January 17, 2007, France of Justice, Arts, Literature and Politics,
joined their forces to make the French Senate adopt the bill against
the negation of Armenian Genocide voted by the Parliament on October
12, 2006.

"Together against negationism!" is the formula call launched by
Co-ordination Council of Armenian Organizations of France (CCAF)
presented by its president Alexis Govciyan and also by Jewish
organizations of France, Jean Eckian informs from France.

More than 1500 people joined together in front of the "Palais de la
Mutualite" in Paris. The gathering was attended by singer Charles
Aznavour, Serge Klarsfeld, "hunter of Nazis", father of teaching of
Shoa, president of "Sons and Girls of Jewish Deportees Association
of France", writer philosopher Bernard Henri Levy and several others.

Deputy Patrick Devedjian, adviser to presidential candidate of the
French Republic, Nicolas Sarkozy, and Francois Holland, secretary
general of the French Socialist Party, followed each other on the
platform to denounce the Turkish State negationism.

In a very impressive speech condemning Turkish negationism, philosopher
Bernard-Henri Levy concluded with this formula: "solidarity of the
shipwrecked" to associate Jewish and Armenian destinies.

If this law is endorsed soon by the French Senate, the dispute of
the Armenian Genocide will be punished by one year of prison and
45.000 euros ($39.000) of fine, same judgment as that planned for
the negation of Jews genocide by the Nazis.