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ARTAK SHAKARYAN: THOSE WHO ORDERED DINK'S MURDER LEFT UNPUNISHED
Panorama.am
18/01/2012
Those who ordered Hrant Dink's assassination escaped the punishment
they deserved, Artak Shakaryan, expert of Turkish studies, said in
a news conference remarking on Istanbul court verdict.
Turkish court freed on Tuesday 18 suspects in Hrant Dink's
assassination trial, sentenced Yasin Hayal's to life imprisonment.
Another instigator Erhan Tuncel was acquitted of murder charges by
the same court. A juvenile court had sentenced Dink's assassin, Ogun
Samast, to 22 years and 10 months in jail last July. He was 17 when
the killing took place.
Expert underlined that only the murderer and those having direct
connection with the assassination had been jailed, while whose who
ordered it were freed.
"Amnesty International has particularly declared that Turkey failed
this trial," Artak Shakaryan said.
According to the expert the worst element in the judgment is that
the court hasn't described the assassination as previously planned,
which means that Ogun Samast's verdict may be revised.
Panorama.am
18/01/2012
Those who ordered Hrant Dink's assassination escaped the punishment
they deserved, Artak Shakaryan, expert of Turkish studies, said in
a news conference remarking on Istanbul court verdict.
Turkish court freed on Tuesday 18 suspects in Hrant Dink's
assassination trial, sentenced Yasin Hayal's to life imprisonment.
Another instigator Erhan Tuncel was acquitted of murder charges by
the same court. A juvenile court had sentenced Dink's assassin, Ogun
Samast, to 22 years and 10 months in jail last July. He was 17 when
the killing took place.
Expert underlined that only the murderer and those having direct
connection with the assassination had been jailed, while whose who
ordered it were freed.
"Amnesty International has particularly declared that Turkey failed
this trial," Artak Shakaryan said.
According to the expert the worst element in the judgment is that
the court hasn't described the assassination as previously planned,
which means that Ogun Samast's verdict may be revised.