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Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
July 5 2013
Foreign Ministry welcomes US court decision denying release of Turkish
diplomat's killer
ANKARA - Anadolu Agency
The Turkish Foreign Ministry has welcomed the decision of a U.S. court
to deny a probation request by Hampig Sassounian, who had been
convicted for the 1982 murder of Los Angeles Consul General Kemal
Arıkan.
Two similar requests were denied in 2006 and 2010.
"The refusal of terrorist Sassounian's release request is an accurate
decision in terms of justice and the principles of the fight against
terrorism, and has been welcomed," a Foreign Ministry statement issued
today said.
"We commemorate once again our martyred diplomat," the statement added.
Sassounian was a member of the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation
of Armenia (ASALA) which operated from the beginning of the 1970s
until the 1990s and targeted Turkish diplomats in the U.S. and the
European countries.
July/05/2013
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/foreign-ministry-welcomes-us-court-decision-denying-release-of-turkish-diplomats-killer-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=50077&NewsCatID=359
From: Baghdasarian
July 5 2013
Foreign Ministry welcomes US court decision denying release of Turkish
diplomat's killer
ANKARA - Anadolu Agency
The Turkish Foreign Ministry has welcomed the decision of a U.S. court
to deny a probation request by Hampig Sassounian, who had been
convicted for the 1982 murder of Los Angeles Consul General Kemal
Arıkan.
Two similar requests were denied in 2006 and 2010.
"The refusal of terrorist Sassounian's release request is an accurate
decision in terms of justice and the principles of the fight against
terrorism, and has been welcomed," a Foreign Ministry statement issued
today said.
"We commemorate once again our martyred diplomat," the statement added.
Sassounian was a member of the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation
of Armenia (ASALA) which operated from the beginning of the 1970s
until the 1990s and targeted Turkish diplomats in the U.S. and the
European countries.
July/05/2013
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/foreign-ministry-welcomes-us-court-decision-denying-release-of-turkish-diplomats-killer-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=50077&NewsCatID=359
From: Baghdasarian