Dogu Perincek found guilty of racial discrimination for denying Armenian Genocide
A Swiss district court has found a Turkish politician, Dogu Perincek, guilty of racial discrimination for denying the 1915 Armenian massacre was genocide. The court handed Perincek a 90-day suspended sentence or a corresponding penalty as well as a fine of SFr 3,000. Perincek can avoid imprisonment in case he avoids repeating his statements during two years.
Thus, the law that went into effect in 1995 was for the first ever time applied in Switzerland on the Armenian Genocide issue. Co-president of the Swiss-Armenian Association Sarkis Shahinian said, "The core of the process is that the Armenian Genocide is an incontestable fact and no one has the right to question it," reports RFE/RL.
Thus, the law that went into effect in 1995 was for the first ever time applied in Switzerland on the Armenian Genocide issue. Co-president of the Swiss-Armenian Association Sarkis Shahinian said, "The core of the process is that the Armenian Genocide is an incontestable fact and no one has the right to question it," reports RFE/RL.
