Aratta-Kingdom Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 Dogu Perincek found guilty of racial discrimination for denying Armenian Genocide 09.03.2007 /PanARMENIAN.Net/ 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aratta-Kingdom Posted March 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 European Parliament refused to condemn French bill on Armenian Genocide 09.03.2007 /PanARMENIAN.Net/ The European Parliament has refused to condemn the French bill making it a crime to deny the Armenian Genocide. As reported by the Armenian European Federation (EAFJD), November 13, 2006 three European parliamentarians introduced a statement “On the passage of the French bill criminalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide of 1915”. Late February the statement was signed by 38 out of 785 parliamentarians and the document wasn’t consequently put on the agenda. The statement reads regret at the adoption of the bill that “doesn’t contribute to the activities of those who struggle for respect for freedom of speech and expression in Turkey.” The authors of the statement consider that the passing of the French bill “will have a negative impact on the Turkish-Armenian relations and will create a dangerous precedent in the form of punishment for the events not officially recognized by all interested sides. EAFJD Executive director Loran Leylekian said that Hrant Dink’s murder should be a lesson for those who fight against recognition of the Armenian Genocide and adoption of the bill criminalizing its denial. These people are responsible for creation of atmosphere of hatred for Armenians, according to him. ------------------------------------------------------------- so it's a small group of parasites on turkish payroll who make all the noise. they too must be sent to a court...! let this be a lesson for the turks. it's people like speker hasters that will be bribed. those with dignity will fight to defend the truth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK-47 Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 While these laws are controversial and against "freedom of speech", I find it sad that many people including some Armenians find themselves opposed to this bill. What the ***? The Jews have this kind of law everywhere in Europe, why can't we have one? I saw thank you Switzerland for doing the right thing, this news is the top news of Aljazeera btw, it's making headlines...It's the first time such a law has been in effect with accordance to Armenians. On another note, was the French bill accepted or no? It wasn't cause of the low votes by parliamentarians? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aratta-Kingdom Posted March 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 (edited) AK-47, freedom of expression and freedom to committee crimes against humanity have nothing in common. Denying a genocide is a crime by itself. Don't forget, the ordinary people are controlled by the words of their manipulative leaders. When a leader of a turkish political party who tries to raise his popularity by denying the Armenian-genocide, he must be punished. Don't forget, the turkish value system is tooooooooooo different from the Europeans value system. These parasites must not benefit from the European way of life while in turkey they target anyone who speaks about the Armenian-genocide. (not to mention the fact that they export hate and pay some bastards form the west to do their dirty job) Edited March 10, 2007 by Aratta-Kingdom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aratta-Kingdom Posted March 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/top_news/deta...y=1173463623000 SwissInfo March 9, 2007 Turkish politician fined over genocide denial A Swiss district court has found a Turkish politician, Doğu Perinçek, guilty of racial discrimination for denying the 1915 Armenian massacre was genocide. The court in Lausanne agreed with the prosecutor's demand and handed Perinçek a suspended fine of SFr9,000 ($7,336) as well as a one-off financial penalty of SFr3,000. The court also ruled that Perinçek would have to pay SFr1,000 to the Swiss-Armenian Association as a symbolic gesture. The politician, whose left-wing Turkish Workers' Party has no seats in the Turkish parliament, was brought to court after calling the genocide "an international lie" during a public speech in Lausanne in July 2005. Under the Swiss penal code any act of denying, belittling or justifying genocide is a violation of the country's anti-racism legislation. And Lausanne is the capital of canton Vaud, one of two Swiss cantons along with Geneva where the parliaments have voted in recent years to recognise the Armenian massacre as genocide. Judge Pierre-Henri Winzap accused Perinçek of being "a racist" and "an arrogant provocateur" who was familiar with Swiss law on historical revisionism. According to Winzap, the politician's action "appears to have racist and nationalist motives". The Armenian genocide is "an established historical fact according to the Swiss public", he added. Perinçek's lawyers have called into question the authority of the district court to hear such a case. The Turkish politician said he would appeal against the verdict, which he called "racist and imperialist". He admitted in court earlier in the week that there had been massacres but said there could be no talk of genocide. "I have not denied genocide because there was no genocide," he argued. Armenians maintain the mass killings in 1915 were genocide, a charge Turkey disputes. And Lausanne is the capital of canton Vaud, one of two Swiss cantons along with Geneva where the parliaments have voted in recent years to recognise the Armenian massacre as genocide. Judge Pierre-Henri Winzap accused Perinçek of being "a racist" and "an arrogant provocateur" who was familiar with Swiss law on historical revisionism. According to Winzap, the politician's action "appears to have racist and nationalist motives". The Armenian genocide is "an established historical fact according to the Swiss public", he added. Perinçek's lawyers have called into question the authority of the district court to hear such a case. The Turkish politician said he would appeal against the verdict, which he called "racist and imperialist". He admitted in court earlier in the week that there had been massacres but said there could be no talk of genocide. "I have not denied genocide because there was no genocide," he argued. Armenians maintain the mass killings in 1915 were genocide, a charge Turkey disputes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aratta-Kingdom Posted March 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=46291 International-The News Turkish leader guilty of genocide denial GENEVA: A Swiss court on Friday found a Turkish leader guilty of denying the Armenian genocide, the first time Switzerland’s anti-racism law has been applied to the World War I slaughter. Turkish Workers’ Party leader Dogu Perincek received a suspended jail sentence of 90 days or an equivalent fine from the Lausanne court as well as a fine of 3,000 Swiss francs (1,900 euros). Perincek had described the Armenian genocide under the Ottoman Empire as an “international lie” at a Turkish rally in the Swiss city in 2005. The Turkish government also fiercely rejects the genocide label and the issue has sparked diplomatic tensions with Switzerland in the past. Judge Pierre-Henri Winzap called Perincek an “arrogant provocateur” in his ruling at the end of a week-long trial, adding that he had “racist and nationalist motives”. Lausanne was also the site of the international conference and treaty signed in 1923 which sealed the break-up of the Ottoman Empire and the birth of the modern Turkish state. Winzap said the Armenian genocide was “a proven historical fact according to Swiss public opinion” and the fact that it was not listed as a genocide by an international court did not rule out its reality. He also ruled that Perincek made two speeches in May 2005 in the full knowledge that he would be breaking the law. Charges against Perincek were pressed under Swiss anti-racism law, which includes an offence of denial of genocide or crimes against humanity, following a complaint by a Swiss-Armenian group. The verdict marks the first time that the 1995 law was applied to the massacre of Armenians, said Doris Angst of Switzerland’s official anti-racism watchdog. “The commission welcomes the fact that the issue has been clarified in a certain way with this ruling,” the secretary of the Federal Commission Against Racism told AFP. Perincek said afterwards that he would appeal the verdict of Lausanne’s magistrates court. “I will appeal this decision. I still have confidence in Swiss justice. We will take it to the end to the European Court of Human Rights if necessary,” he told the Anatolian news agency. “This decision reflects in a concrete manner the Swiss judge’s hatred for Turkey and the Turkish nation,” he added. In 2001, a court in the capital Bern acquitted 12 Turks facing similar charges. However, two years later the Swiss lower house of parliament formally recognised the massacre of Armenians during World War I as genocide, despite fierce protests from Turkey. Perincek argued in court that he had not committed an offence with his statements during the rally, insisting there had been no genocide in 1915. Swiss anti-racism law was not applicable in the Armenian case while it was fully justified for the Holocaust in World War II, claimed the Turkey-based militant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 PERINCEK ADDRESSED TO THE COURT OF APPEALS * President of the Turkish Labor Party 65 year-old Dogu Perincek addressed on March 12 to the Court of Appeals so as to turn down the verdict of the Lausanne Court made on March 9, thus persisting in the denial of the Armenian Genocide, NZZ-online reports The Swiss source adds that the Turkish politician was brought to responsibility by and anti-racist law. The Judge found him guilty taking into consideration the special circumstance that Perincek had been denying the Genocide on certain purpose. The Turkish press severely criticized the Lausanne court, and Perincek declared that he is intended to address to the European Human Rights Court. NZZ also says that Turkish Ambassador to Switzerland Alev Kilic expressed his disappointment about the verdict. "As a diplomat residing in Bern I have to respect the Court's decision, but I am sorry that we cannot speak with each other openly. The verdict forbids me, as well as 100,000 Turks living in Switzerland, to express my opinion on the Armenian Genocide". * By Anahit Hovsepian, Germany Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aratta-Kingdom Posted March 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 http://www.armenews.com/article.php3?id_article=30380 Convicted Turkish Denialist Becomes Unwitting Publicist for Genocide jeudi 15 mars 2007, Stéphane/armenews Sassounian’s column of March 15, 2007 By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier A Swiss Court last week found Dogu Perincek, the leader of the radical leftist Turkish Workers’ Party, guilty of denying the Armenian Genocide. Perincek is described by prominent Turkish historian Halil Berktay as a "former Marxist, Maoist turned ultra-nationalist, ultra statist, [and] ultra-militarist." Two years ago, he was detained and interrogated in Switzerland after stating that the Armenian Genocide was "an imperialist lie." He then dared the Swiss authorities to try him on charges of denying a genocide that he claimed never occurred. Perincek arrived in Switzerland last week with a planeload of his fanatical supporters who describe themselves as members of the "Talat ***** Committee." He claimed that he had brought with him 90 kilos (over 200 pounds) of "irrefutable" Russian and Armenian documents that backed his denials of the Armenian Genocide. In advance of the trial, he repeatedly expressed his conviction that he would be able to prove in court, once and for all, that the Armenian Genocide "was a lie," thus forcing the Swiss to abolish the law banning the denial of the genocide. Testifying on behalf of Perincek in court were four notorious Turkophiles : Prof. Justin McCarthy from the United States ; Norman Stone, a British denialist who teaches in Turkey ; Jean-Michel Thibaux, a Frenchman who recently moved to Turkey, Turkified his name and became a Turkish citizen ; and Prof. Paul Leidinger from Germany. Testifying against Perincek were genocide specialists Yves Ternon and Raymond Kevorkian from France and Tessa Hofmann from Germany. In a pointed reference to the load of documents presented by Perincek, the Swiss prosecutor told the court : "90 kilos of paper do not wipe out 90 years of history ; and one million pages cannot get rid of one million victims." Judge Pierre-Henri Winzap was not too impressed either by Perincek’s documents or the arguments presented by the four pro-Turkish academics. The Judge stated that the denial of the accepted historical fact of the Armenian Genocide was an arrogant provocation. In fact, the Swiss Parliament had recognized the Armenian Genocide in 2003, despite heavy pressure from the Turkish government. The Judge fined Perincek $7,350 in lieu of a 90-day suspended jail term, ordered him to pay a $2,450 fine and $4,750 for court costs. In addition, the court warned Perincek that should he deny the Armenian Genocide again within the next 24 months, he could face imprisonment. Perincek thus became the first person to be convicted under Switzerland’s anti-racism law for denying the Armenian Genocide. Article 261bis of the Swiss penal code — which outlaws the denial, minimization or justification of genocide — was heretofore applied only to those who denied the Jewish Holocaust. Perincek’s supporters tried unsuccessfully to pressure the Swiss judiciary by holding noisy rallies outside the courthouse, waving large Turkish flags and banners. In a highly inappropriate move, the Turkish Justice Minister Cemil Cicek met with his Swiss counterpart Christoph Blocher in Bern during the weekend before the trial. Blocher, who is the leader of the right-wing Swiss Popular Party, was severely criticized by Swiss politicians and the media for having suggested in October 2006 during a visit to Turkey that this particular Swiss law should be dropped. Next in line to be tried for having denied the Armenian Genocide during an earlier visit to Switzerland could be Yusuf Halacoglu, the head of the Historical Society of Turkey. Contrary to Perincek’s defiant behavior, openly challenging the Swiss authorities to try him in court, Halacoglu has been reticent to return to Switzerland fearing interrogation and possible detention. The Switzerland-Armenia Association (SAA) and its co-president, Sarkis Shahinian should be commended for initiating the court proceeding against Perincek and sparing no effort in attaining this successful outcome. Given the special role of the SAA in this case, the Judge ordered Perincek to pay to the Swiss Armenian organization an additional $9,000 for legal expenses and "moral compensation." Clearly, this court case is bound to have far-reaching consequences for the Armenian Cause. For years, Turkish denialists gleefully noted that the Armenian Genocide could not be qualified as such, since there were no court verdicts to that effect. Furthermore, this verdict transcended the conviction of Perincek as a lone Turkish individual. There were several indications that the Turkish government itself was both directly and indirectly implicated in this trial : Jean-Michel Thibaux, in responding to a question from the Judge, admitted that he was contacted by the Turkish Foreign Ministry and asked to testify on behalf of Perincek ; several officials of the Turkish Consulate General in Geneva attended the trial ; and when the Judge asked Perincek to disclose his income, he divulged that he merely earned about $2,500 a month. Despite his limited income, Perincek somehow had managed to charter a large airliner to transport his supporters from Turkey to Switzerland. Since it was obvious that the Turkish authorities were backing Perincek in a variety of ways, his conviction was a major setback for the Turkish state as well. In a written statement, the Turkish Foreign Ministry declared : "The court case was inappropriate, groundless and controversial in every sense." Fortunately, Perincek is now intent on doing even more damage to Turkish denialism. He stated that he would appeal his conviction to a higher Swiss court, and failing there, he would take his case to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. Should Perincek go through with his planned appeals and lose, Armenians would score more significant victories, attaining legal recognition of the Armenian Genocide in both Swiss and European courts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 VERDICT ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE DENIER LEFT UNCHANGED ArmRadio.am 21.06.2007 17:57 The Court of Cassation of Vo canton of Switzerland left unchanged the verdict of the Lausanne Court on the leader of the Turkish Labor Party Dogu Perinchek for denying the Armenian Genocide. In March of teh current year the Court of Lausanne sentenced Perinchek to 90 days of provisional imprisonment and was fined $2.5 thousand. The Court also made the nationalist to pay $820 thousand to an Armenian organization. According to the Associated Press, Dogu Perinchek's attorney Loran Moreyon declared that his client intends to the supreme court of Switzerland - the Federal Tribunal. Perinchek's case was the first case the anti-racist law of Switzerland was applied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 I Fillll Goooodddddd http://youtube.com/watch?v=IWcNiebYGuo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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