{"id":10618,"date":"2016-12-16T10:41:15","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T10:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/?p=10618"},"modified":"2016-12-16T10:41:15","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T10:41:15","slug":"former-vp-of-turkish-national-association-of-sweden-fined-for-anti-armenian-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/?p=10618","title":{"rendered":"Former VP of Turkish National Association of Sweden Fined for Anti-Armenian Remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"

(ARMENIAN WEEKLY) STOCKHOLM, Sweden\u2014On Dec. 14, the Stockholm District Court ordered former vice president of the Turkish National Association of Sweden Barbaros Leylani to pay a fine in the amount equal to 40-days of him income, for making xenophobic, anti-Armenian statements, which contained clear expressions of incitement to violence, hatred, and racial discrimination. According to Arshak Gavafyan, Chair of the Armenian National Committee (ANC) of Sweden<\/a>, the court\u2019s decision was not strict enough.<\/p>\n

Leylani resigned from his position in April after calling for the death of \u201cArmenian dogs\u201d at a Stockholm a week earlier. Leylani\u2019s hate speech came at an anti-Armenian rally held at Sergels Torg (Sergel\u2019s Square), Stockholm\u2019s central public square.<\/p>\n

According to a report by Armenia\u2019s ArmenPress, Leylani also called for the unification of Turkic republics. He declared, \u201cArmenian scum must be finished,\u201d in regard to the Four-Day War in Nagorno-Karabagh (Artsakh\/NKR).<\/p>\n

In his statement of resignation on the association\u2019s website on April 11, Leylani apologized for his remarks, stating he was misunderstood. According to the associated press, Swedish legal watchdog Juridikfronten said it had reported Leyani to police for incitement of racial hatred.<\/p>\n

\u201cArmenians worldwide are protesting for peace and pressing for life-saving gunfire locators, while the organized Turkish and Azerbaijani diasporas (closely tied to Ankara and Baku) are pouring fuel on the fires of anti-Armenian hatred,\u201d the Armenian National Committee of America<\/a> (ANCA) remarked in a Facebook post on April 11.<\/p>\n

Below is a video showing Leylani\u2019s public remarks.<\/p>\n