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"HRANT DINK AWARD" TO BE PRESENTED ON DINK'S BIRTHDAY
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11:26, 12 September, 2013
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 12, ARMENPRESS. "Hrant Dink Foundation" will
presented international "Hrant Dink Award" for the fifth time
on September 15, the day the former Editor-in-Chief of "Agos"
periodical was born. "Armenpress" reports about this citing Turkish
Demokrathaber.net.
The Award will be presented to individuals, organizations or groups
that work for a free and just world free from discrimination, racism
and violence, who take personal risks for achieving those ideals, who
break the stereotypes and use the language of peace and by doing so
give inspiration and hope to others. By means of this Award, the Hrant
Dink Foundation aims to remind to all those who struggle for these
ideals that their voices are heard, their works are visible, they are
not alone, and also to encourage everyone to fight for their ideals.
Hrant Dink was born on September 15, 1954. He was a TurkishArmenian
editor, journalist and columnist. As editor-in-chief of the bilingual
Turkish-Armenian newspaper Agos (ԱկO...ս), Dink was a prominent
member of the Armenian minority in Turkey. Dink was best known for
advocating Turkish-Armenian reconciliation and human and minority
rights in Turkey; he was often critical of Turkey's denial of the
Armenian Genocide.
Hrant Dink was assassinated in Istanbul in January 2007, by Ogun
Samast, a 17-year old Turkish nationalist. This was shortly after
the premiere of the genocide documentary Screamers, in which he is
interviewed about Turkish denial of the Armenian Genocide of 1915 and
the case against him under Article 301. While Samast has since been
taken into custody, photographs of the assassin flanked by smiling
Turkish police and gendarmerie, posing with the killer side by side
in front of the Turkish flag, have since surfaced. The photos created
a scandal in Turkey, prompting a spate of investigations and the
removal from office of those involved.
At his funeral, two hundred thousand mourners marched in protest of
the assassination, chanting "We are all Armenians" and "We are all
Hrant Dink". Criticism of Article 301 became increasingly vocal after
his death, leading to parliamentary proposals for repeal. The 2007-
2008 academic year at the College of Europe was named in his honour.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/732650/hrant-dink-award-to-be-presented-on-dinks-birthday.html
11:26, 12 September, 2013
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 12, ARMENPRESS. "Hrant Dink Foundation" will
presented international "Hrant Dink Award" for the fifth time
on September 15, the day the former Editor-in-Chief of "Agos"
periodical was born. "Armenpress" reports about this citing Turkish
Demokrathaber.net.
The Award will be presented to individuals, organizations or groups
that work for a free and just world free from discrimination, racism
and violence, who take personal risks for achieving those ideals, who
break the stereotypes and use the language of peace and by doing so
give inspiration and hope to others. By means of this Award, the Hrant
Dink Foundation aims to remind to all those who struggle for these
ideals that their voices are heard, their works are visible, they are
not alone, and also to encourage everyone to fight for their ideals.
Hrant Dink was born on September 15, 1954. He was a TurkishArmenian
editor, journalist and columnist. As editor-in-chief of the bilingual
Turkish-Armenian newspaper Agos (ԱկO...ս), Dink was a prominent
member of the Armenian minority in Turkey. Dink was best known for
advocating Turkish-Armenian reconciliation and human and minority
rights in Turkey; he was often critical of Turkey's denial of the
Armenian Genocide.
Hrant Dink was assassinated in Istanbul in January 2007, by Ogun
Samast, a 17-year old Turkish nationalist. This was shortly after
the premiere of the genocide documentary Screamers, in which he is
interviewed about Turkish denial of the Armenian Genocide of 1915 and
the case against him under Article 301. While Samast has since been
taken into custody, photographs of the assassin flanked by smiling
Turkish police and gendarmerie, posing with the killer side by side
in front of the Turkish flag, have since surfaced. The photos created
a scandal in Turkey, prompting a spate of investigations and the
removal from office of those involved.
At his funeral, two hundred thousand mourners marched in protest of
the assassination, chanting "We are all Armenians" and "We are all
Hrant Dink". Criticism of Article 301 became increasingly vocal after
his death, leading to parliamentary proposals for repeal. The 2007-
2008 academic year at the College of Europe was named in his honour.