A trial launched in Switzerland against Armenian Genocide denier Turkish nationalistMarch 6, 2007 - 19:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A trial launched in Switzerland towards leader of Turkish Labor Party Doğu Perinçek, who is blamed for racism, since he had called the Armenian Genocide an "international lie". Prosecutors demand to sentence Perinçek to 6-month imprisonment. In case if a verdict of guilty is brought towards Doğu Perinçek, he will become the first person convicted by Swiss anti-racist law for denying the Armenian Genocide. In 2001 a court in Bern acquitted 12 Turks, who were being prosecuted by this very article. Today on the square near the Court building some 150 people gathered in red bandages on their heads with Turkish banners, they expressed their silent support to Doğu Perinçek. Perinçek himself is sure that he will be freed. "I don't think that I will be convicted," he stated, confessing that Armenians were exposed to massacres in his homeland. At the same time he refused to recognize those massacres as genocide, RFA RL reports. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. Prosecutors to appeal Armenia ex-President’s acquittal Sargsyan was acquitted on Friday, May 31 more than four years after going on trial on corruption charges. Armenia: 28 protesters arrested after clash with police The Investigative Committee of Armenia has announced the arrest of 28 participants of an opposition demonstration. International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. |