FRENCH HISTORIANS' DEMAND FOR CANCELLATION OF THE FRENCH PARLIAMENT'S DECISIONS CONCERNED WITH ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ORDERED BY TURKISH LOBBY
DECEMBER 21, 2005
ARMINFO.
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Le Monde reports that French President Jacques Chirac's previous support to pass the genocide allegations law in parliament and his current statement suggesting "Parliaments cannot take decisions on history," when it comes to France's colonial past, has been interpreted as contradiction.
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"The duty of rewriting history in a free country does not belong to the parliament or any legal authorities," the French historians stated. Parliamentary decisions, they defended, make it difficult to conduct research on history and education.
Historians criticizing the French Assembly asked the following laws to be annulled: "The law dated 23 February 2005 on imparting the good sides of France's colonial past, the law dated 29 January 2001 on recognizing the "Armenian genocide", the law dated 21 May 2001 on slavery, the law dated 13 July 1990 concerning the punishment of anti-Semitic and racist activities." The joint declaration also states these laws restrict the freedom of historians and impose what subjects can be discussed and which result can be concluded.
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Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
ARMINFO.
[...]
Le Monde reports that French President Jacques Chirac's previous support to pass the genocide allegations law in parliament and his current statement suggesting "Parliaments cannot take decisions on history," when it comes to France's colonial past, has been interpreted as contradiction.
[...]
"The duty of rewriting history in a free country does not belong to the parliament or any legal authorities," the French historians stated. Parliamentary decisions, they defended, make it difficult to conduct research on history and education.
Historians criticizing the French Assembly asked the following laws to be annulled: "The law dated 23 February 2005 on imparting the good sides of France's colonial past, the law dated 29 January 2001 on recognizing the "Armenian genocide", the law dated 21 May 2001 on slavery, the law dated 13 July 1990 concerning the punishment of anti-Semitic and racist activities." The joint declaration also states these laws restrict the freedom of historians and impose what subjects can be discussed and which result can be concluded.
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Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
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