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Int’l Freedom of Expression eXpress
July 20 2006

Editor may face new prosecution for referring to Armenian genocide

Francais: Un journaliste a nouveau poursuivi pour ses propos sur le
genocide armenien
Country/Topic: Turkey
Date: 19 July 2006
Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
Person(s): Hrant Dink
Target(s): journalist(s)
Type(s) of violation(s): charged
Urgency: Flash
(RSF/IFEX) – On 18 July 2006, the Istanbul public prosecutor opened a
new investigation against Hrant Dink, the managing editor of the
Armenian-language weekly "Agos", this time for referring to the
massacre of Armenians in 1915 as "genocide."

Dink used the term in a 14 July interview for the British news agency
Reuters about his suspended sentence of six months in prison for
"insulting Turkish identity." He could face up to three years in
prison if convicted on the new charge.

The Turkish state still refuses to recognise that a massacre of
Armenians took place during the First World War.

For further information, contact Annabelle Arki at RSF, 5, rue
Geoffroy Marie, Paris 75009, France, tel: +33 1 44 83 84 67, fax: +33
1 45 23 11 51, e-mail: europe@rsf.org, Internet: