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YEREVAN. – Armenian Minister of Justice, Hrayr Tovmasyan, plans to instruct one of his deputies to thoroughly review the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgment on the Dogu Perincek case.   

Tovmasyan himself noted the aforesaid at a press conference on Friday.

In his words, however, the ruling is not clear-cut. It says that Perincek is a historian and a scholar; the emphasis is placed on the historical perspective. That is to say, the ECtHR does not raise the fact of the Armenian Genocide, or its denial.

“We need to better examine the Court’s decision and assess the next steps. The fact that two of the seven [ECtHR] judges voted against [Perincek’s petition] says that the decision is not definite. It draws parallels between the [Armenian] Genocide and the [Jewish] Holocaust,” Hrayr Tovmasyan stated.      

The ECtHR recently ruled in favor of Armenian Genocide-denying Turkish politician Dogu Perincek’s lawsuit that was filed against Switzerland. The said judgment by European Court of Human Rights was made on the grounds of freedom of speech. In 2008, a Swiss court had convicted Perincek for denying the Armenian Genocide. Dogu Perincek is Chairman of the socialist Workers’ Party of Turkey. In addition, he heads the Talat Pasha organization, which actively fights against the Armenian Genocide’s recognition in Europe.

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