Posted on 01/29/2015 11:40:09 AM PST by george76
The human rights lawyer represents Armenia in the ECHR - but what happened in 1915 when up to 1.5m Armenians were killed, and why do Turks deny it was a genocide?
Amal Clooney, the human rights lawyer, has taken on another controversial case - the Armenian genocide.
Mrs Clooney is part of a team representing Armenia in a case she opens on Wednesday in which a Turkish politician was convicted by Switzerland for denying the genocide in 1915 ever took place.
Doğu Perinçek, chairman of the Turkish Workers' Party, described the genocide of up to 1.5 million Armenians - a fact Turkey disputes as well as the number of those killed - as an "international lie" in Switzerland in 2005.
A lobby group called Switzerland-Armenia immediately filed a criminal complaint against him in July as it is against Swiss law to deny the genocide as part of the country's anti-racism laws.
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For many Armenians, the genocide, like the Holocaust of six million Jews, is still a painful issue exacerbated by Turkey's continued denials. In the Perinçek case, Armenia hopes to set out that the genocide is a fact which cannot be denied without legal repercussions.
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It is generally accepted by many, including historians and Mr Sarafian, that the start of the massacres was April 24, 1915. This was the date on which several hundred Armenian individuals were arrested and killed and led to further massacres across Turkey.
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It is believed this lasted until 1917 and led to 1.5 million Armenians killed - a figure Turkey disputes, putting the figure at 300,000 to 600,000.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
I agree.
If someone wants to make idiotic statements, there shouldn't be any law to refrain him from doing so. This is not like yelling 'fire' in crowded movie theater. It is similar to saying that the Earth is flat; that the moon landing was staged; that Obama is a Christian; etc. A person should be free to make an ass of himself if he so chooses. Strange law, and a bad first step to creating thought police.
She’s kinda hot...
Different strokes, I suppose...
You let the Nazi's march through Skokie, Illinois so people can watch these asses parade around in their silly uniforms with their infantile goosestepping.
The politician who made these statements "outed" himself as a racist tool and a liar. That's its own punishment.
General rule of thumb: If it’s reported in only one tabloid, it’s a lie. If it’s printed in two, it’s almost certainly true. Never known it to fail.
Wait a minute. Turkey is admitting that the genocide did result in between 300,000 and 600,000 lives lost, an that is the basis of their denial of geneocide?
It reminds me of some folks who deny the Holocaust because they think the number is too high. It should be about 3.0 million [not 6.0 million]. And so they deny the Holocaust.
I'd love for Turkey to explain why both my grandparents grew up in an orphanage if the genocide never happened!
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