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    CAGE ACTION PLAN RELATED TO DINK MURDER

    BIA Net
    http://www.bianet.org/english/minorities/11993 6-cage-action-plan-related-to-dink-murder
    Feb 9 2010
    Turkey

    In the 12th hearing of the Dink murder trial the joint attorneys
    requested to investigate the "Cage Action Plan" with regard to the
    murder. The lawyers furthermore demand thorough investigations into
    all aspects of the case. International observers emphasized the
    importance of a forceful handling of the case.

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    not Heard Cage Action Plan The 12th hearing of the Dink murder trial
    was also concerned with the so-called "Cage Action Plan" which was
    supposedly worked out as a coup plan by the Naval Forces, targeting
    non-Muslims and aiming to charge them of their religious beliefs. The
    joint attorneys demanded to investigate whether such a plan had de
    facto been organized.

    The lawyers requested an investigation into the plan regarding the
    sentences "It works out. Kadir Pasha should take over the coordination"
    on the first page of the document. Furthermore, the investigation
    should determine to whom the initials at the bottom of the plan
    belong. The lawyers also demanded to find out who is entitled to
    issue the according directives for such an investigation.

    "The ones who did not prevent the murder should be interrogated"
    The joint attorneys requested the interrogation of members of all
    security institutions who did not take precautions to protect Dink's
    life, who paved the way to the murder and turned a blind eye to it.

    These institutions are namely the National Intelligence Organization,
    the Istanbul Police Directorate, the Trabzon Police Directorate,
    the Trabzon Gendarmerie Command and the Intelligence Office Branch
    of the Police General Directorate.

    Investigation of people who showed Dink as a target A further request
    regarded an investigation into a group of people that played a vital
    role in the process of showing Dink as a target, a group that filed
    the same sort of complaints to launch court cases against Dink and
    that organized attacks against Dink and his lawyers when they came
    to court hearings.

    "The people concealing evidence should be investigated" Moreover, the
    joint attorneys demanded to investigate "those persons who attempted to
    manipulate the process after the murder of Dink in order to assist the
    real perpetrators to get away; those persons who hid and fraudulently
    altered evidence and who prepared forged documents".

    Who deleted footage of security camera?

    Regarding the deleted records of the security camera installed by
    AKBANK in the area where the murder happened, the lawyers requested
    to investigate by whom the footage of the morning of 19 January 2007
    was deleted and how.

    Facilities of Ergenekon Case should be provided to Hrant Dink Case
    As in the previous hearings, yesterday's session was again attended
    by several international observers.

    Paris Bar Association Board Member Vincent Noiré observed the 12th
    hearing of the Dink murder trial and commented: "At this stage of the
    case it becomes clear that this murder comprises a collective crime.

    The truth will be revealed if all requests of the joint attorneys
    are accepted".

    "Democrats all over the world expect justice" Paris Bar Association
    Armenian Lawyers and Jurists Association (AFAJA) Vice President
    Alexandre Aslanian made a brief press release following the morning
    session. He said, "The state carries the responsibility to protect
    all of its citizens regardless of origin or faith. Democrats all over
    the world are watching this case and expect justice to be delivered
    to full extend".

    Aslanian argued that the same facilities applied in the Ergenekon
    Case should be applied to the Dink Case as well:

    "Considering the facilities provided to the Ergenekon prosecutors, the
    same will power could be applied to the Dink case in order to reveal
    the full strain of events. The Paris Bar Association is determined to
    observe every hearing whether this difference will be removed or not.

    A case concerned with the murder of an Armenian citizen should benefit
    from the same facilities as provided to Zekeriya Oz, the prosecutor
    of the Ergenekon investigation".

    Elsa Vidal form the European Desk of the international Reporters
    Without Borders (RSF) organization commented: "The actual power of
    the Judiciary should be allocated exclusively to the solving of this
    political murder. If this struggle is not handled with full efforts,
    it will open the door to other killings to come such as the recent
    murder of journalist Cihan Hayırsevener from Bandırma.
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