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AZG Armenian Daily #191, 07/10/2006
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NORWEGIAN PRIZE TO HRANT DINK
Editor-in-chief of Agos newspaper, Hrant Dink, was
awarded Bornson prize of Norway for raising the issue
of the Armenian Genocide. Dink often wrote about this
issue, which is considered to be very disputable in
Turkey, DPA agency reports. Last summer, the Turkish
Court of Appeal did not overrule the decision of a
First Instance Court of suspended sentence to the
Armenian journalist. According to NTB Norwegian
agency, the prize of 15.000 USD will be given to Hrant
Dink in coastal town of Molde on November 24.
By Marietta Makarian
Award
NORWEGIAN PRIZE TO HRANT DINK
Editor-in-chief of Agos newspaper, Hrant Dink, was
awarded Bornson prize of Norway for raising the issue
of the Armenian Genocide. Dink often wrote about this
issue, which is considered to be very disputable in
Turkey, DPA agency reports. Last summer, the Turkish
Court of Appeal did not overrule the decision of a
First Instance Court of suspended sentence to the
Armenian journalist. According to NTB Norwegian
agency, the prize of 15.000 USD will be given to Hrant
Dink in coastal town of Molde on November 24.
By Marietta Makarian