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The Foreign Ministry of Armenia as of now has not commented on the decision of the French Constitutional Council that declared the bill penalizing the denial of genocides unconstitutional.

On Tuesday the Constitutional Council of France decided that the bill criminalizing denial of genocides recognized by France, including the Armenian Genocide, curbs freedom of speech. The decision was predictably met with immense disappointment in Armenia, and joy in Turkey.

Even though France has a law on criminalizing the Jewish Holocaust denial, too, the Constitutional Council clarified that the law on criminalizing Holocaust denial is based on the verdict of the International Military Tribunal, and the bill approved by both houses of the French parliament appeared as a result of a political decision.  Read more... (348 words)

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