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France official warns against 'permanent repentance' for Algeria colonial crimes
French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy warned Monday against apologizing for crimes committed during France's colonization of Algeria. His comments came in response to remarks made Sunday by prominent a French Socialist Party (PS) leade (More) |
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France should recognize Algeria colonial crimes: Socialist leader
A prominent French Socialist Party (PS) leader called Sunday for France to recognize its crimes in colonial Algeria , including the alleged massacres of 45,000 Algerians demanding independence at the end of World War II, but stopped short of callin (More) |
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Turkish foreign minister backs changing state slander penal code provision
Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul has called for change to the controversial Article 301 [Amnesty backgrounder; JURIST news archive] of Turkey's penal code, which makes "insulting the Turkish identity" a crime. Gul, who last Decem (More) |
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Five charged in murder of Turkish-Armenian author
Turkish prosecutors have charged five people in connection with the murder of Hrant Dink , the Turkish-Armenian journalist who was shot and killed last week. The five are accused of belonging to an armed gang, and prosecutors are investigating whet (More) |
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Turkish-Armenian author accused of insulting national identity killed
Turkish-Armenian author Hrant Dink, journalist and editor of the newspaper Agos , was shot and killed Friday in Istanbul. Dink was one of several writers to have been charged recently with "insulting the Turkish identity" in violation of A (More) |
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Turkish author found not guilty of insulting national identity
Turkish writer Ipek Calislar was found not guilty Tuesday of "insulting the Turkish identity" in violation of Article 301 of the country's penal code. Calislar went on trial in October for writing that the founder of modern Turkey, (More) |
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Turkish MFA condemns passage of Argentina Armenian genocide bill
The Turkish government has condemned the passage of legislation in Argentina which refers to the mass killings of Armenians [BBC Q/A] in Turkey around the time of World War I as genocide and establishes a day of annual commemoration on April 24. In (More) |
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Argentina Senate passes Armenian genocide bill
The Argentinean Senate has unanimously approved a bill that refers to the mass killings of Armenians [BBC Q/A] in Turkey around the time of World War I as genocide and establishes a day of annual commemoration on April 24. The bill has already pas (More) |
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Turkey condemns Argentina Armenian genocide bill
The government of Turkey has officially condemned an Argentinean bill that refers to the mass killings of Armenians [BBC Q/A] in Turkey around the time of World War I as genocide and establishes a day of annual commemoration on April 24. Turkey [C (More) |
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France should acknowledge colonial 'crimes': Algerian president
France should acknowledge crimes it committed as the ruler of Algeria in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika reiterated Saturday. France ruled the North African country for more than 130 years and alle (More) |
Suffragist Carrie Chapman Catt born
Carrie Chapman Catt, suffragist, womens' rights advocate and co-founder of the League of Women Voters, was born on January 9, 1859.
Visit the Carrie Chapman Catt Childhood Home.
