ARMENIANS OF FRANCE URGE SENATE TO ADOPT BILL CRIMINALIZING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE DENIAL

PanARMENIAN.Net
May 19, 2010 – 14:53 AMT 09:53 GMT

Around 600 Armenians gathered in front of the French Senate to urge
MPs and senators to approve the bill criminalizing denial of the
Armenian Genocide.

Ara Toranian, new co-chairman of the Coordinating Council of Armenian
Organizations of France (CCAF), and ARF Dashnaktsutyun member Mourad
Papazian called on the Armenian community to stand consolidated so
that France meets its commitments and halts the danger of the Turkish
policy of denial. They voiced hope that the bill will be adopted by the
yearend, freelance French journalist Jean Eckian told PanARMENIAN.Net

If passed, the bill envisages a year of imprisonment and a 45-thousand
euro fine.