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France, Turkey: Retaliations Expected for Controversial Law on Armenian Genocide

Categories: Central Asia & Caucasus, Western Europe, Armenia, France, Citizen Media, Ethnicity & Race, History, International Relations, Law

The Huffington post, in the launch issue of its Francophone version, publishes a column [1] [fr] listing “Five retaliations Turkey could take on France” as the French Senate is preparing to vote the final draft of this controversial “memory” law this monday, January 23, 2011. This bill will enforce a fine or even a prison sentence for anyone in France denying that the Armenian genocide actually happened.