Genocide bill author: I will fight to the endFebruary 1, 2012 - 00:47 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The author of the French bill criminalizing genocide denial, UMP party member Valerie Boyer says she is not surprised by the decision of some senators to appeal the motion at the constitutional council. "Even if this is not a surprise, I am disappointed to see that some parliamentarians prefer legalism to humanism," Ms. Boyer said in a Facebook post. "Although I respect their decision, since it is their right, I share the pain of the families that the memory of the victims is once again proven by this procedure. For me, the pressure exerted by a foreign State denial should not outweigh a universal cause, on the defence of human rights and the size of the France. But the mass is not yet known. It is now up to the constitutional experts to hear their arguments and I know that many to plead for the constitutionality of the text," she said. "Anyway, I remained convinced that it is not admissible on French territory that the memory of the victims of genocides recognized by the France is not protected in the same way! It is unequal treatment and cruel perfectly unacceptable discrimination against which I will fight to the end," the MP said. On January 23, the French Senate passed the bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial with 127 votes for and 86 against. To be signed into law within 14 days, the bill will impose a 45,000 euro fine and a year in prison for anyone in France who denies this crime against humanity committed by the Ottoman Empire. Top stories The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. Armenia to sing in 2nd semi-final of Eurovision The organizers of Eurovision 2024 have revealed the running order of the countries in the two semi-finals. |