French parliament’s commission on constitutional laws adopted bill introduced by Valerie Boyer and her colleagues on transposition of the right on struggle against racism and punishment of Armenian Genocide denial.

The document envisages punishment for denying the fact of genocides adopted by law, the statement on parliament’s website says.

The punishment supposes one year imprisonment or fine amounting to 45,000 euro for those who will challenge or extremely minimize the fact of the 1915 Armenian Genocide officially recognized by France on January 29, 2001.