Chairman of the Human Rights Association of Turkey supports Hrant Dink

ArmRadio.am
19.07.2006 11:57

Representative of the Turkish "Peace Initiative" organization engaged
in human rights protection Sanar Yurdatapan suggested his support for
the editor-in-chief of the Istanbul based "Agos" newspaper Hrant Dink,
who was recently sentenced to six months of conditional imprisonment
for offending Turkish national identity.

According to the Turkish "New Anatolian" periodical, speaking at the
20th session of the Human Rights Union, Yurdatapan declared that his
organization considers that Article 301 of the Criminal Code should
be eliminated. Chairman of the Human Rights Association Yusuf Alatas
also suggested his support to Hrant Dink.