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TURKISH OMBUDSMAN CLAIMS TO HAVE WRONGFULLY RULED AGAINST HRANT DINK
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December 10, 2012 | 12:30
Nihat Omeroglu, who was recently elected to the position of Turkey~Rs
Human Rights Defender by the country~Rs parliament~Wand who was one of
the eighteen judges at the Turkish Court of Appeals panel that upheld
a shameful sentence that was handed down against Hrant Dink, the
founder and chief editor of Istanbul~Rs Agos Armenian bilingual weekly,
who was gunned down in 2007 in front of his office building~W, claims
that he is not saying that his ruling against Dink was correct.
Omeroglu argued that he upheld the verdict against Dink because that
was what the law at the time required, T24.com website of Turkey
reports. ~SThe law changed in 2008. I~Rm not saying that I did what was
correct by upholding Hrant Dink~Rs ruling, but that was what the law
required at the time,~T he stated.
To note, Nihat Omeroglu~Rs election as Turkey~Rs ombudsman caused a huge
reaction among the country~Rs progressive society. Also, Turkish main
opposition Republican People~Rs Party (CHP) and pro-Kurdish Peace and
Democracy Party (BDP) MPs protested at the parliament while Omeroglu
took his oath of office there.
From: Baghdasarian
news.am
December 10, 2012 | 12:30
Nihat Omeroglu, who was recently elected to the position of Turkey~Rs
Human Rights Defender by the country~Rs parliament~Wand who was one of
the eighteen judges at the Turkish Court of Appeals panel that upheld
a shameful sentence that was handed down against Hrant Dink, the
founder and chief editor of Istanbul~Rs Agos Armenian bilingual weekly,
who was gunned down in 2007 in front of his office building~W, claims
that he is not saying that his ruling against Dink was correct.
Omeroglu argued that he upheld the verdict against Dink because that
was what the law at the time required, T24.com website of Turkey
reports. ~SThe law changed in 2008. I~Rm not saying that I did what was
correct by upholding Hrant Dink~Rs ruling, but that was what the law
required at the time,~T he stated.
To note, Nihat Omeroglu~Rs election as Turkey~Rs ombudsman caused a huge
reaction among the country~Rs progressive society. Also, Turkish main
opposition Republican People~Rs Party (CHP) and pro-Kurdish Peace and
Democracy Party (BDP) MPs protested at the parliament while Omeroglu
took his oath of office there.
From: Baghdasarian