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Saturday, March 10, 2007

EU-DIGEST: swissinfo - Sense and Nonsense : Perinçek verdict

"Sense and Nonsense : Perinçek verdict

'Dishonourable Switzerland' screamed the headline of Gözcü in Turkey, which went on to say that the verdict was another proof of European hypocrisy – Europeans underline the importance of freedom of opinion but were quick to condemn it. For its part, the right-leaning Yeni Cag newspaper wrote that Perinçek's verdict meant 'the whole Turkish nation had been punished'. Other parts of the media were less severe, but were still widespread in their coverage. Hürriyet quoted Perinçek as saying his trial had started a debate in Switzerland over how to judge historical events, but that he would go to the European Court of Human Rights with his case."

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