Garo Paylan (Source: Ermenihaber.am)
ANKARA, Turkey (Agos)—The Turkish Constitutional Court rejected Garo Paylan’s appeal, demanding the reverse of his punishment for referring to the Armenian Genocide during a January 13 parliamentary meeting, reported Agos News on Tuesday.
Paylan’s speech was removed from the parliamentary minutes and was suspended from parliament for three sessions.
The Armenian member of the Turkish parliament representing the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) said that the suspension is a “violation of the right to immunity and freedom of speech.â€
