TURKISH PROSECUTOR GENERAL OFFICE RECOGNIZED DINK INNOCENT

PanARMENIAN.Net
08.06.2006 17:58 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Turkish Prosecutor General’s Office has decided
that there were no components of crime in the actions of Hrant Dink,
the editor of the Armenian-language weekly Agos and he should be
recognized innocent. The Prosecutor General’s Office of Turkey does
not agree with court verdict sentencing Dink to 6-month imprisonment
for articles in his newspaper that allegedly insult Turkish national
dignity. The Prosecutor General’s Office noted that according to the
Turkish Criminal Code, any critical opinion, if it does not contain
insulting, should not be penalized, reports RFE/RL.