24 January 2012, 22:20

Baku hosts protest in front of French Embassy

Today, about 50 persons came to the Embassy of France in Baku to protest against adoption by the French Senate - the upper house of the parliament - of the bill assuming punishment for negation of the genocides regarded as such by the law.

The protesters chanted: "French Senate has burnt down truth and democracy!", "Shame on Sarkozy!", "France, we don't want to see you in OSCE Minsk Group!" and "Azerbaijan-Turkey!"

They read out a statement regarding the bill adopted by the French Senate and strongly condemned the actions of the French authorities, the RIA "Novosti" reports.

The protest was organized by the public association "Ireli", the "Trend" reports.

Turkey has condemned the French parliament for adopting the law on punishment for denial of the Armenian genocide and threatened to completely break diplomatic relations with France. Meanwhile, the Armenian authorities have already expressed their gratitude to the leadership of France for adoption of the law.

See earlier reports:

"The Senate of France adopted a bill of criminal prosecution for denial of genocide of the Armenians,"  "Commission of French Senate rejects draft law on criminalizing denial of Armenian genocide," "French Senate to vote on the bill criminalizing denial of genocide in late January," "An action of protest passed off near the Embassy of France in Baku", "Brazilian city of Campinas officially recognizes Genocide of Armenians", "ECtHR urges Turkey to stop viewing recognition of Armenian Genocide as crime".

All news
НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ООО “МЕМО”, ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА ООО “МЕМО”.

October 10, 2024 22:39

  • Kadyrov threatens blood feud to Kerimov, Barakhoev and Kurbanov

    The head of Chechnya, while speaking about the conflict around the Wildberries Company, mentioned Suleiman Kerimov, Russian Senator from Dagestan, and Bekkhan Barakhoev and Rizvan Kurbanov, Russian State Duma MPs, calling on them to prove their non-involvement in the order to kill Kadyrov himself, and warned them of his readiness to declare blood feud to them.

October 10, 2024 22:10

  • Rights defenders declare Sergey Dudchenko and Nikolai Murnev as political prisoners

    The proofs of the guilt of Sergey Dudchenko and Nikolai Murnev, accused of preparing to set fire to a military commissariat (registration and enlistment office) in Pyatigorsk, were fabricated by investigators; and law enforcers forced them to sign confessions under torture, the human rights project "Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial" has stated.

October 10, 2024 21:30

October 10, 2024 18:23

  • Lawyers criticize amendments about military contracts for defendants

    New laws signed by President Vladimir Putin have given defendants the chance to sign a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defence. Earlier, only persons under investigation or convicts could do the above. The new laws violate the rights of victims who will not be able to obtain justice in court, lawyers note.

October 10, 2024 13:42

TOPICS OF THE DAY

Events

News archive