ArmInfo.Hay Dat Office in Europe criticized the House of Representatives of Belgium for deciding to exclude the Armenian Genocide from the resolution criminalizing the denial of genocides.
"At its plenary meetings on April 24-25, 2019, the House of Representatives of Belgium discussed and adopted a law that, among other issues, also provides for punishment for denying genocides such as the genocide in Rwanda and the massacres in Srebrenica. Despite the efforts of the Armenian community of Belgium and several members The adopted text does not provide for punishment for denying the Armenian Genocide.
The decision of the Belgian Parliament to expel the Armenian Genocide from the law is unacceptable and deeply disappointed "Europe's Caspar Karampetyan stressed, while expressing regret that the Belgian legislature ignored public opinion, numerous articles published in leading Belgian media on the demands of human rights activists and amendments made by parliamentarians.Karampetyan stressed that tolerance for denial inspires authoritarian regimes similar to the Erdogan regime and, unfortunately, gives the green light to xenophobic anti-Armenian statements.He also pointed out the fact that Belgium officially recognized the Armenian Genocide at three levels: the House of Representatives, the Senate and the government, through an official statement by Prime Minister Charles Michel.