AZG Armenian Daily #010, 20/01/2007
Armenian Genocide
CHARLES AZNAVOUR PARTCIPATES IN CONGRESS DIRECTED AGAINST DENIAL OF
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Charles Aznavour, the prominent French singer of Armenian origin, and
the group of cultural workers of France participated in the protest
processing – "Together Against the Denial" held in Paris yesterday.
The initiative was organized by the Council of Armenian Public
Organizations of France and a number of European organizations. About
1500 participants of the processing claimed that the French Senate
ratified the draft law on criminalization the denial of the Armenian
Genocide in the Ottoman Empire in 1915. The draft law was adopted by
the lower chamber of the French Parliament. MP Nicola Sarkozy
Devedjian, the Advisor of Foreign Minister of France and the candidate
for French Presidency, and Francois Roland, Representative of
Socialist Party of France, came out with speech. National Assembly of
France adopted the draft law on criminalization for denial of the
Armenian Genocide. They’ve adopted alike sanctions for denial of
Holocaust.