Yerevan/Mediamax/. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday commented on the bill passed by the French Senate, criminalizing the denial of genocides, including the Armenian Genocide.
Hillary Clinton said the U.S. administration was wary of compromising free speech. She said the issue was best left for scholars, Mediamax reports quoting ABC News.
“To try to use government power to resolve historical issues, I think, opens a door that is a very dangerous one to go through,” Clinton said at an event with U.S. State Department employees. She also added that the issue should be debated, but not settled by governments.
“We need to encourage anyone on any side of any contentious historical debate to get out into the marketplace of ideas,” she said. “Muster your evidence, put forth your arguments, and you know, be willing to engage.”
Mediamax recalls that on January 23, the French Senate passed a bill criminalizing the denial of genocides which must be approved by the President of France Nicolas Sarkozy.
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