French Senate Constitutional Commission Opposes Bill Criminalizing Denial of "Armenian Genocide"
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Wednesday, 18 January 2012
The Constitutional Commission of the French Senate took a decision against consideration of a bill criminalizing the denial of the so-called "Armenian genocide", TRT Haber reported on Wednesday.
The decision was taken by 23 votes for and 9 votes against.
According to the decision, the bill will be considered by the Senate, however, the Constitutional Commission's decision will be taken into account prior to overall voting.
Lower Chamber of the French Parliament adopted a bill criminalizing the denial of the so-called "Armenian genocide".
Some 45 out of 577 French MPs participated in the voting, while 38 voted for and seven voted against the adoption of the bill.
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