06 10 22 - PARIS: "COMMITTEE TALAAT PASHA" DEMONSTRATE DESPITE PROHIBITION

Jean Eckian- october 22, 2006

Prefecture of Police force of Paris dissuaded, Saturday October 21, an ultra Turkish nationalist organization to demonstrate in Paris on the "Place de la Bastille". The "Committee Talaat Pasha" created in year 2005, had as an intention to protest against the French bill penalizing the negation of the Armenian Genocide. This organization which has ramifications with Ankara says victim of arbitrary to the freedom expression. Yalcin Büyükdaglu, member of the Committee of Talaat Pasha and the presidential Council of the Working Party (Turkey) declares in an press release reproduced by Collective VAN (armenian french website) "the grounds of France will groan of slogans such as: " Armenian genocide is an international lie". In March 2006, the Turkish nationalist organization had prevails in Berlin (Germany) and in Lyon (France), sowing disorders with law and order.

In spite of the prohibition of the Police force, approximately 100 nationalists negationnists met on October 21 on the steps of Opera Bastille in Paris, howling of the hostile slogans to the Armenians.
Arrived in great number on the spot, the forces of order have constrained the demonstrators to make disappear the banners negationnists and dissolve the gathering. One hour later, calms it reconsidered the emblematic place of the French Revolution of 1789.
Let us recall that, one century later, July 14, 1889, day for day, "young Turks" created the "Committee of Union and Progress".

Moreover, in the day and night of October 16, Ara Toranian, editor of the "Nouvelles d'Armenie Magazine" (News of Armenia) and Mourad Papazian, chairman of CDCA (dachnaksutyun organization of France), was victims of breaking and entering on their computers. Investigation
organizes.

Jean ECKIAN

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