TWO TURKS ARRESTED IN SWITZERLAND FOR ARMENIAN GENOCIDE DENIAL
PanARMENIAN.Net
02.07.2007 16:59 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Two Turks were arrested in Switzerland for the
Armenian Genocide denial last week. The Swiss police reported that
the Turks were arrested at a conference during which posters denying
the Armenian genocide were stuck to the walls and leaflets of similar
contents were circulated. One of them is reported as initiator of
the event, the other was crying out slogans before the conference
participants, the RFE/RL reports.
The law providing for punishment for the denial of the Armenian
Genocide was adopted in Switzerland in 1995.
Turkish Workers’ Party leader Dogu Perincek was fined with $2.5
thousand and handed a 90-day suspended sentence equivalent to $7
thousand in 2007. The court also obliged Perincek to pay $280 to an
Armenian organization. Late July the court of appeals of Vaud Swiss
canton upheld the decision of the Lausanne court.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
