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Old 22.06.2007, 00:26
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Re: Turkish politician fined over genocide denial

Dogu Perincek came to Switzerland, repeatedly and publicly denied the Armenian genocide knowing that he'd be dragged to court for this and that he's likely to lose the case. Basically he came here to get the doubtful honor of being the first person on this planet that got convicted for denying the Armenian genocide. I'm sure this supposed martyr has earned quite some respect among his fellow Turk nationalists for his low-risk trip to Switzerland.

I wrote the above paragraph last April in another forum and am not surprised that Perincek plans to take his case to the Federal Court (and maybe later to the European Court of Human Rights) - however both courts aren't obligated to accept the case and it will be interesting to observe their reactions.

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In March, Perinçek had termed the verdict "racist and imperialist".
Perincek is so full of it and as long as only people of his mindset get fined, I have no problem with the existence of free speech limitations.
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