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  • French Armenian Journalist Arrested In Diarbeqir Has Been Released

    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.

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