February 28, 2012

JURIST - Paper Chase: France constitutional court declares genocide denial ban unconstitutional

The Constitutional Council of the French Republic on Tuesday ruled  that a French law making it a crime to deny that Armenians suffered a genocide by the Ottoman Empire in 1915 is unconstitutional...

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[ Free speech scores a victory en France ]

Feb 28, 2012 3:44:46 PM

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