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TURKEY: ACTIVISTS MARK JOURNALIST'S DEATH 5 YRS ON
(AP)
19 Jan 2012
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) ~W Protesters are gathering to mark the fifth
anniversary of a Turkish-Armenian journalist's murder as outrage
grows over a trial which failed to shed light on alleged official
negligence or even collusion.
Human rights activists on Thursday placed red carnations on the spot
where Hrant Dink was shot dead in Istanbul, outside of his minority
Agos newspaper.
Thousands are expected to march for justice, a call shared by Turkish
leaders and leading businessmen who expressed unease over this week's
sentencing of one man to life in prison for masterminding the killing,
while another 18 were acquitted of charges of acting under a terrorist
organization's orders.
The gunman was sentenced to nearly 23 years in prison in July.
(AP)
19 Jan 2012
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) ~W Protesters are gathering to mark the fifth
anniversary of a Turkish-Armenian journalist's murder as outrage
grows over a trial which failed to shed light on alleged official
negligence or even collusion.
Human rights activists on Thursday placed red carnations on the spot
where Hrant Dink was shot dead in Istanbul, outside of his minority
Agos newspaper.
Thousands are expected to march for justice, a call shared by Turkish
leaders and leading businessmen who expressed unease over this week's
sentencing of one man to life in prison for masterminding the killing,
while another 18 were acquitted of charges of acting under a terrorist
organization's orders.
The gunman was sentenced to nearly 23 years in prison in July.