Czech Parliament law makers house recognized Armenian Genocide
ArmInfo. Czech Parliament condemned Armenian Genocide 1915 in Ottoman Empire, Tigran Balayan, Armenian Foreign Affairs Ministry Press Secretary Tigran Balayan informs.
Czech Parliament Law Makers House with 104 "for" voices adjudicated
Armenian genocide, he wrote in his micro blog in twitter.
To mention, earlier the President of Czech Republic Milos Zeman has
also condemned the Turkish Crime, stating that it was the worst
cruelty of modern history.
Earlier the history of Holocaust and Armenian Genocide has been
approved for school programs. To recall, the first country to
recognize that crime against humanity was Uruguay. Genocide of
Armenians has been recognized by 44 United States as well as by 23
countries, including Canada, Argentina, Switzerland, Russia, Belgium,
France, Poland, Slovakia, the Netherlands, Greece, Cyprus, Vatican,
Sweden, Lithuania. Switzerland, Slovakia and Greece have even passed
laws criminalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide. The Genocide of
Armenians was recognized also by the Council of Europe, European
Parliament, the UN Subcommittee to prevent discrimination and
protect minorities, the UN Committee for Military Crimes, the World
Church Council, as well as New South Wales, San-Paolo, Seara and
Parana (Brazil), Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, the Basque
Country, Catalonia, Balearic Islands (Spain), Quebec, Kyiv,
Uzhgorod, Izyum. Goloseevskiy region (Ukraine), Crimea. Turkey
still denies the genocide of 1.5 million Armenians in 1915-1923.
Euronest PA and EPP have recognized and condemned the Genocide of
Armenians