TURKISH CHAUVINIST DENYING ARMENIAN GENOCIE SENTENCED TO 3-MONTH SUSPENDED IMPRISONMENT IN SWITZERLAND

Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Mar 09 2007

LAUSANNE, MARCH 9, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Lausanne judge
found guilty Chairman of Turkish Workers Party Dogu Perincek of
racial discrimination, for his public statements denying the 1915
Armenian Genocide.

According to CNN Turk, the judge determined 90-day suspended
imprisonment, as well as a fine of 100 Swiss francs for each day of
imprisonment to the leader of Turkish nationalistic party.

To recap, Perincek qualified the genocide committed towards Armenians
in the Ottoman Turkey as an "international lie" during a rally
organized by Turks in 2005 in Lausanne.