PanARMENIAN.Net
Adoption of French Bill on Genocide Victory of Whole Armenianhood
13.10.2006 13:52 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The adoption of the bill penalizing the Armenian
Genocide in France is a victory for the whole Armenianhood, The
California Courier editor-in-chief Harut Sasunian told a
PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. In his words, the Turkish government by
threats, blackmail and lies attempted to dissuade French deputies from
adoption of the bill. `Turks tried to represent the issue as a taboo
on freedom of speech but owing to inadmissibility of their actions,
the attempts failed,’ Sasunian said.
Sasunian marked out three principal aspects. `First, Turkey is the
single country in the world that lacks the law on freedom of
speech. If anyone on Turkey dares to speak of the Armenian Genocide he
is sent to prison at once. Second, this bill has nothing in common
with freedom of speech. This is a means of political struggle of the
Turkish government and the Armenian people. Third, France like many
other states has a law providing for punishment for Holocaust
denial. So why doesn’t this law infringe freedom of speech but the law
on the Armenian Genocide does? These are double standards which are
inadmissible. I hope that in the near future the French Senate will
ratify the bill and President Chirac will sign it,’ said the
editor-in-chief of The California Courier.