ARMENIAN BILL WOULD SEND PARIS TO ECHR
By Anadolu News Agency (aa), Paris
Zaman, Turkey
May 10 2006
European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) judge Riza Turmen predicts
that if the French legislative proposal to criminalize denial of
the so-called Armenian genocide becomes law, the ECHR will inundated
with cases.
The 10th article of the European Human Rights Convention “guarantees
freedom of expression and thought,” reminded Turmen, noting that any
individual sentenced after the legalization of the bill might take
France to the European Court.
The Turkish Judge also suggested that the ECHR might approve an
investigation on such applications.
French historians had earlier put forward, “Such an offer might
impinge on freedom of expression, and therefore; legalization will
turn history teachers into prisoners.”
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
