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Sept 18 2010
Human Rights Watch urges Turkey to redouble efforts on Dink case
September 18, 2010 | 09:41
The Human Rights Watch international non-governmental organization
urged the Turkish authorities to increase their efforts to bring to
justice those involved in the Hrant Dink assassination.
According to Emma Sinclair-Webb, a Human Rights Watch expert to
Turkey, European Court's verdict does not mean Turkey should stop
efforts to administer justice on Hrant Dink murder. She stressed
Ankara must re-launch the investigation on Dink case.
The European Court of Human Rights found the Turkish state guilty of
Hrant Dink's murder.
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
Sept 18 2010
Human Rights Watch urges Turkey to redouble efforts on Dink case
September 18, 2010 | 09:41
The Human Rights Watch international non-governmental organization
urged the Turkish authorities to increase their efforts to bring to
justice those involved in the Hrant Dink assassination.
According to Emma Sinclair-Webb, a Human Rights Watch expert to
Turkey, European Court's verdict does not mean Turkey should stop
efforts to administer justice on Hrant Dink murder. She stressed
Ankara must re-launch the investigation on Dink case.
The European Court of Human Rights found the Turkish state guilty of
Hrant Dink's murder.
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