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France senate panel rejects genocide denial ban
A committee of the French Senate voted on Wednesday to oppose a law that would outlaw genocide denial , including the World War I-era killings of more than one million Armenians by Turkish soldiers. The proposed law , which was approved by the Fren (More) |
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France lower house approves genocide denial ban
The French National Assembly approved a draft law Thursday that would outlaw genocide denial, including the World War I-era killings of more than one million Armenians by Turkish soldiers. The measure would ban genocide denial generally, but it has (More) |
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Ninth Circuit to rehear Armenian genocide lawsuit
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday decided to revisit a case to determine whether a California law declaring Armenian genocide in Turkey conflicts with US foreign policy. At issue is California Civil Procedure Code § 354 (More) |
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Turkish court sentences assassin of Turkish-Armenian author
A Turkish court on Monday sentenced Ogun Samast for murdering Turkish-Armenian author Hrant Dink [BBC obituary; JURIST news archive], journalist and former editor of the newspaper Agos , who was shot and killed in Istanbul in January 2007. Samast, (More) |
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Ninth Circuit reinstates suit by Armenian genocide victims
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday reversed its prior decision and allowed a suit by the heirs of victims of the Armenian genocide [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] to proceed. The court decided 2-1 to withdraw its Augus (More) |
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Federal appeals court dismisses suit over Armenian genocide curriculum
A panel of the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on Wednesday unanimously dismissed a lawsuit challenging the exclusion of materials questioning the Armenian genocide [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] from a school curriculum. The la (More) |
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Sweden, Turkey foreign ministers condemn Armenian genocide resolution
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu Saturday jointly denounced the Swedish Parliament's Thursday passage of a resolution recognizing the Ottoman Empire's killing of Armenians between 1915 and 1 (More) |
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Sweden parliament approves Armenian genocide resolution
The Swedish Parliament on Thursday voted 131-130 to approve a resolution that recognizes the Ottoman Empire's killing of Armenians between 1915 and 1923 as genocide . Of the 349 assembly members, 88 were absent . The resolution was opposed by (More) |
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Obama administration seeks to block House vote on Armenian genocide resolution
A spokesperson for the US State Department said Friday that the Obama administration opposes a vote before the full House of Representatives on a resolution branding the World War I-era killings of Armenians by Turkish forces as genocide . Assist (More) |
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House committee adopts Armenian genocide resolution
The US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs voted 23-22 Tuesday to adopt a resolution that recognizes the Ottoman Empire's treatment of Armenians between 1915 and 1923 as genocide . In his opening remarks , committee chairman (More) |
Supreme Court heard New York Times v. Sullivan
On January 6, 1964, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the free speech/free press case of New York Times v. Sullivan.
Columbia Law School professor Herbert Wechsler argued for the petitioner. Listen to the oral arguments on Oyez, the Supreme Court multimedia database at Northwestern University.
