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INDEPENDENT, TRANSPARENT JUDICIARY SYSTEM IMPORTANT IN HRANT DINK CASE - STATE DEPARTMENT
NEWS.am
January 20, 2012 | 13:11
Washington has regularly talked to the Government of Turkey about
the Hrant Dink case and others, spokesperson for State Department
Victoria Nuland told reporters on Thursday.
"I would note that both the Government of Turkey and the Dink family
expect that this case is going to end up in the appeals court in
Turkey. So we will continue to follow it and not from this podium or
any other prejudge the outcome. But we have made clear in this case
and in others that we believe that an independent and transparent
judiciary and full accountability are critical to a healthy - to all
healthy democracies, including Turkey," she said.
Asked whether U.S. believe Turkey possesses such judiciary system,
Nuland stressed: "It is incumbent on Turkey to ensure that their
judicial processes live up to those standards."
Summing up, Nuland said Turkey has a long history of independent
judiciary and confidence is needed that "this case and others like
it are handled in a transparent way."
Tens of thousands took to the streets in Istanbul, on Thursday, to
commemorate the fifth anniversary of the passing of Hrant Dink-the
founder and former chief editor of Istanbul's Agos Armenian weekly,
who was killed on January 19, 2007-and to protest the Turkish court's
recent shameful ruling on Dink's murder case.
NEWS.am
January 20, 2012 | 13:11
Washington has regularly talked to the Government of Turkey about
the Hrant Dink case and others, spokesperson for State Department
Victoria Nuland told reporters on Thursday.
"I would note that both the Government of Turkey and the Dink family
expect that this case is going to end up in the appeals court in
Turkey. So we will continue to follow it and not from this podium or
any other prejudge the outcome. But we have made clear in this case
and in others that we believe that an independent and transparent
judiciary and full accountability are critical to a healthy - to all
healthy democracies, including Turkey," she said.
Asked whether U.S. believe Turkey possesses such judiciary system,
Nuland stressed: "It is incumbent on Turkey to ensure that their
judicial processes live up to those standards."
Summing up, Nuland said Turkey has a long history of independent
judiciary and confidence is needed that "this case and others like
it are handled in a transparent way."
Tens of thousands took to the streets in Istanbul, on Thursday, to
commemorate the fifth anniversary of the passing of Hrant Dink-the
founder and former chief editor of Istanbul's Agos Armenian weekly,
who was killed on January 19, 2007-and to protest the Turkish court's
recent shameful ruling on Dink's murder case.