ARMENIAN GENOCIDE DENIERS ON TRIAL

World Radio Switzerland
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Sept 17 2008
Switzerland

Three Turkish nationals have gone on trial in the canton of Zurich
for denying that there was an Armenian genocide. The three made the
comments during a public demonstration in Winterthur in June last
year and repeated them yesterday in the courtroom. They say they are
sorry for the Armenians who died but argue that Turkey did not commit
genocide, saying this is an "international lie". The prosecutor has
asked for the accused to be fined up to CHF12,000 each. The defendants’
lawyer says his clients should go free because people can only be
punished for racially motivated statements denying genocide. He claims
his clients made the comments out of patriotism.