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MAN SENTENCED TO LIFE OVER MURDER OF TURKISH-ARMENIAN JOURNALIST
Deutsche Welle
Jan 17 2012
Germany
An Istanbul court has sentenced a man to life in prison for his
involvement in the killing of the Turkish-Armenian journalist, Hrant
Dink, in 2007.
A man has been found guilty and given a life sentence for having
instigated the murder of the Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink
in 2007.
The sentence was handed down by a court in Istanbul on Tuesday to
31-year-old Yasin Hayal. But the court acquitted him, as well as 19
other defendants, on charges of being part of a terrorist organization.
Hrant Dink was a journalist of Armenian descent who was subject to
violent criticism from Turkish nationalists for referring to the mass
killings of Armenians in the early 20th century as genocide.
He was shot dead in broad daylight near his office building in
January 2007.
Last July, the man who pulled the trigger, Ogun Samast, was sentenced
in a juvenile court to over 20 years in prison for the murder.
The case has won international attention, especially from the European
Union, as it highlights concerns over Turkey's human rights record.
After the sentence, some 200 protesters marched with Dink's family
from the court to the scene of the murder, to protest that the court
had not looked at the alleged role of state officials in the crime.
Author: Sarah Berning (AP, AFP, Reuters) Editor: Michael Lawton
From: Baghdasarian
Deutsche Welle
Jan 17 2012
Germany
An Istanbul court has sentenced a man to life in prison for his
involvement in the killing of the Turkish-Armenian journalist, Hrant
Dink, in 2007.
A man has been found guilty and given a life sentence for having
instigated the murder of the Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink
in 2007.
The sentence was handed down by a court in Istanbul on Tuesday to
31-year-old Yasin Hayal. But the court acquitted him, as well as 19
other defendants, on charges of being part of a terrorist organization.
Hrant Dink was a journalist of Armenian descent who was subject to
violent criticism from Turkish nationalists for referring to the mass
killings of Armenians in the early 20th century as genocide.
He was shot dead in broad daylight near his office building in
January 2007.
Last July, the man who pulled the trigger, Ogun Samast, was sentenced
in a juvenile court to over 20 years in prison for the murder.
The case has won international attention, especially from the European
Union, as it highlights concerns over Turkey's human rights record.
After the sentence, some 200 protesters marched with Dink's family
from the court to the scene of the murder, to protest that the court
had not looked at the alleged role of state officials in the crime.
Author: Sarah Berning (AP, AFP, Reuters) Editor: Michael Lawton
From: Baghdasarian