EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS FINDS TURKEY GUILTY OF DINK'S MURDER
news.am
Sept 14 2010
Armenia
The European Court of Human Rights found the Turkish state guilty of
Hrant Dink's murder, Turkish Hurriyet Daily News reports.
The court found the Turkish state guilty on two charges, sentencing
the state to pay 133,595 euros to Dink's family in compensation and
an extra payment of 28,595 euros to the court for expenditures.
Turkish-Armenian journalist, chief editor of Agos newspaper Hrant
Dink was assassinated in Istanbul in January 2007, by a Turkish
nationalist. He was critical of Turkey's denial of the Armenian
Genocide in his columns in Agos. Dink was prosecuted three times for
denigrating Turkishness, while receiving numerous death threats from
Turkish nationalists.
From: A. Papazian
news.am
Sept 14 2010
Armenia
The European Court of Human Rights found the Turkish state guilty of
Hrant Dink's murder, Turkish Hurriyet Daily News reports.
The court found the Turkish state guilty on two charges, sentencing
the state to pay 133,595 euros to Dink's family in compensation and
an extra payment of 28,595 euros to the court for expenditures.
Turkish-Armenian journalist, chief editor of Agos newspaper Hrant
Dink was assassinated in Istanbul in January 2007, by a Turkish
nationalist. He was critical of Turkey's denial of the Armenian
Genocide in his columns in Agos. Dink was prosecuted three times for
denigrating Turkishness, while receiving numerous death threats from
Turkish nationalists.
From: A. Papazian