CONFERENCE ON FIGHTING GENOCIDE DENIAL TO BE HELD AT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
NOYAN TAPAN
SEPTEMBER 9, 2009
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 9, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. A conference
dedicated to fighting Genocide denial will be held on October 6 in
Brussels, in the European Parliament building. It has been organized
by the Hay Dat European Committee, IBUKA French organization, and
the Jewish Public Center.
According to panarmenian.net., the issue of adoption of a law on
calling for criminal liability in all 27 EU member countries for
denial of Genocide until 2010 will be discussed at the conference. The
conference under the title Denial and Democracy in Europe will be
held under the patronage of Elmer Brok, a leading German conservative
in the European Parliament. The conference participants will try to
explain to EU officials that denial of crime is "perversion of freedom
of expression and threat against principles of democratic societies."
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Subject: Conference on fighting Genocide denial to be held at European Parliament
Conference on fighting Genocide denial to be held at European
Parliament
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 9, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. A conference
dedicated to fighting Genocide denial will be held on October 6 in
Brussels, in the European Parliament building. It has been organized by
the Hay Dat European Committee, IBUKA French organization, and the
Jewish Public Center.
According to panarmenian.net., the issue of adoption of a law on
calling for criminal liability in all 27 EU member countries for denial
of Genocide until 2010 will be discussed at the conference. The
conference under the title Denial and Democracy in Europe will be held
under the patronage of Elmer Brok, a leading German conservative in the
European Parliament. The conference participants will try to explain to
EU officials that denial of crime is "perversion of freedom of
expression and threat against principles of democratic societies."