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Three Turks Sentenced in Switzerland for Denying Armenian Genocide
BERN, Switzerland (News.am)–A Swiss court has ruled against three Turkish-born residents for denial of the Armenian Genocide in a case filed by the Chairman of the Switzerland-Armenia Union, Sargis Shahinyan.
Denial of the Armenian Genocide is illegal under Swiss law.
Ali Mercan and two others were found guilty of violating the Swiss Law on Preventing Racism and are obliged to pay 30 thousand Swiss francs and are facing 150 days imprisonment.
The defendants appealed the verdict, but the Swiss Federal Court reiterated the legitimacy of the ruling.
Mercan has said the defendants will appeal to the European Court of Human Rights.
A country that is very smart if the United states was as smart as the swiss the deficit would be gone over night. Charge every ignorant denialist with $10,000 and puff there goes the deficit…….
Bravo , Bravo , Bravo , Good bless Switzerland
That’s good that the Swiss government aligning themselves with the French government are doing the right thing! Isn’t it high time that the American government also does the right thing and calls the Armenian Genocide, a Genocide?
Thats the worst part that anyone can publicly deny the Armenian Genocide and not get punished and we don’t have a law condemning denial in our own country.
Sorry,Nairian, but Armenia does not have Oil fields.Here in the good ‘Ol USA, the OIL talks and BS walks.