Cyprus parliament passes bill criminalizing Armenian Genocide denial
02.04.2015,
15:46
The Parliament of Cyprus passed today a bill criminalizing denial of eh fact of Armenian Genocide, said Vardges Makhtesyan, a representative of the Armenian community in Cyprus.
YEREVAN, April 2./ARKA/. The Parliament of Cyprus passed today a bill criminalizing denial of eh fact of Armenian Genocide, said Vardges Makhtesyan, a representative of the Armenian community in Cyprus.
He was quoted by Novosti-Armenia as saying that ahead of the centenary of the Armenian Genocide the Cyprus lawmakers voted for this historical bill unanimously.
In 1975, the Cyprus Parliament became the first parliament in Europe and the second country in the world to recognize the Armenian Genocide fact.
Armenian genocide was the first genocide committed in XX century.
Turkey rejects the accusation of massacres and the killing of one and a half million Armenians during World War I.
The fact of the Armenian genocide is recognized by many countries, particularly by Uruguay, Russia, France, Lithuania, most of the U.S. states, as well as by the parliaments of Greece, Cyprus, Argentina, Belgium, Wales, National Council of Switzerland, Common House of Canada, the Seym of Poland and lower house of Italian parliament. ---0----
