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Friday, March 09, 2007

swissinfo - Federal court rules on genocide denial trial of Turkish politician

"Turkish politician fined over genocide denial

A Swiss district court has found a Turkish politician, Doğu Perinçek, guilty of racial discrimination for denying the 1915 Armenian massacre was genocide.

The court in Lausanne agreed with the prosecutor's demand and handed Perinçek a suspended fine of SFr9,000 ($7,336) as well as a one-off financial penalty of SFr3,000."

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