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FRENCH ARMENIAN JOURNALIST ARRESTED IN DIARBEQIR HAS BEEN RELEASED
AZG DAILY
07-10-2011
French-Armenian journalist Tigran Sargis Arshak has been released
from prison as he was arrested by the police of Diarbeqir, Turkish
"Tumgazeteler" informs. Turkish police said that the journalist was
a suspect having connections with Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK),
but then found out that Tigran was making a story on Diarbeqir,
panorama.am reports.
"I'm not a terrorist. I've no connection with any terrorist group.
I've left for Diarbeqir to attend the social forum on Mesopotamia.
I've had several meetings there with Turkish and Kurdish intellectuals
and representatives of non-governmental organizations... A police
officer was killed on that day. Police were looking for suspects. I
was arrested when leaving the hotel," the French-Armenian journalist
explained.
AZG DAILY
07-10-2011
French-Armenian journalist Tigran Sargis Arshak has been released
from prison as he was arrested by the police of Diarbeqir, Turkish
"Tumgazeteler" informs. Turkish police said that the journalist was
a suspect having connections with Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK),
but then found out that Tigran was making a story on Diarbeqir,
panorama.am reports.
"I'm not a terrorist. I've no connection with any terrorist group.
I've left for Diarbeqir to attend the social forum on Mesopotamia.
I've had several meetings there with Turkish and Kurdish intellectuals
and representatives of non-governmental organizations... A police
officer was killed on that day. Police were looking for suspects. I
was arrested when leaving the hotel," the French-Armenian journalist
explained.