French Senate vote on Armenian genocide law

The French Senate has approved bill that makes it a criminal offence to deny that genocide was committed by Ottoman Turks against Armenians during World War I. The bill is quite controversial. Armenia says up to 1.5 million people died in 1915-16 as the Ottoman empire split. Turkey rejects the term genocide and claims that the number was much smaller.   
The bill will now be sent for approval to the President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy. Turks living in France made a demonstration against the new law but despite of this fact French Senate has approved the bill. 


For more information:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-16695137 - Turkish fury at French vote on Armenian genocide law
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16677986 - French Senate passes Armenian genocide law