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Argentine lawmaker submits bill to criminalize Genocide denial

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Deputy Nilda Garre submitted a bill to criminalize denialism in Argentina this week, a project that would include the Armenian Genocide denial, Garre confirmed in an interview with Prensa Armenia.

The project plans to include the criminalization in the Criminal Code, to be applied to anyone who would “publicly deny, minimize, justify and/or approve any form of genocide or crimes against humanity.”

The proposal claims to be compatible with freedom of expression “when justified in protecting the rights of victims, in maintaining public order or national security, or to prohibit the apology of hatred and violence.”

Garre is a Deputy of the Front for Victory party. She was Minister of Defense during the term of late President Nestor Kirchner and was later appointed Minister of Security under President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. Garre is currently the Argentine Representative for the Organization of American States.

“The National Congress passed Law 26,199 in 2006 recognizing the genocide of which the Armenian people were victims. Consequently, the Genocide is included in the project we propose,” said Garre in an interview with Prensa Armenia.

When asked about the recent visit of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to Argentina, she said: “I don’t know how Turkey could react. What I do know is that the Argentine Republic is a sovereign nation and the National Congress is the representation of one of its powers.”

New Argentine Government Reaffirms Falkland Sovereignty Claims

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1019959897Argentina’s newly elected leadership said it will continue to press the United Kingdom for sovereignty rights over the disputed Falkland Islands.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Argentina will continue to press the United Kingdom for sovereignty rights over the disputed Falkland Islands, the country’s newly elected leadership said in a statement.

“Today, 183 years after that illegitimate occupation which still continues, the people and the Argentine government once again reaffirm the inalienable sovereign rights of Argentina over the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, South Sandwich Islands and the surrounding maritime areas,” the Argentine Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.

The announcement comes less than three months after President Mauricio Macri’s foreign policy adviser vowed a conciliatory approach in the dispute. Macri assumed office in December, a month after being elected on a pro-business centrist platform.

The ministry characterized the dispute as “one of the forms of colonialism,” and urged to find a “peaceful and lasting solution” through bilateral negotiations.

Argentina claims that it has inherited the Falkland Islands, located about 300 miles off the country’s east coast, after the country and the outlying territories gained independence from Spain. Buenos Aires calls the archipelago the Malvinas.

The territorial dispute with the UK led to a 74-day Falklands War in 1982, when Argentina invaded and briefly occupied the South Atlantic islands.

The nearly 3,000 local residents almost unanimously voted for the archipelago to remain an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom in March 2013.

Tensions over the disputed territory have intensified after British oil companies said they discovered new oil and gas deposits near the islands early last year.