Europe rights court to rule on Armenia 'genocide' denial
The European Court of Human Rights is to decide Thursday whether it is a crime to deny that the mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turkey in 1915 was a "genocide".
(AFP) The European Court of Human Rights is to decide Thursday whether it is a crime to deny that the mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turkey in 1915 was a "genocide".
The landmark freedom of speech case was sparked by a Swiss court's 2007 conviction of Turkish politician Dogu Perincek after he said publicly that the "Armenian genocide is a great international lie."
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