YEREVAN, MARCH 11, ARMENPRESS: The Swiss Government has made a decision to appeal against December 17, 2013 sentence of the  European Court of Human Rights upon the case of the Turkish nationalist politician Doğu Perinçek. The International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies informed Armenpress about it.

The European Court of Human Rights satisfied the claim of the political figure and the leader of the Workers' Party Doğu Perinçek, who was recognized guilty by the Swiss Court for denying the Armenian Genocide. In 2008 the Swiss Court sentenced Perinçek for three-month detention for the denial of the Armenian Genocide and then the Court substituted the detention verdict with an administrative fine. The European Court of Human Rights substantiated the satisfaction of the Perinçek’s claim with the fact that the Swiss Court had violated the 7th and 10th articles on freedom of speech of the European Convention.