HRANT DINK TO RECEIVE OXFAM NOVIB PEN AWARD IN HAGUE NOVEMBER 18
PanARMENIAN.Net
16.11.2006 16:15 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian journalist and editor of Istanbul-based
Akos newspaper Hrant Dink won the Oxfam Novib PEN Award, Oxfam Novib
announced on Monday. The journalist will be granted the award this
Saturday by Mayor of The Hague Wim Deetman at the occasion of the
Crossing Border Festival in The Hague. The Award includes an amount
of money of 2500 euro.
The Awards have the intention of encouraging writers who are being
persecuted. Dink recently was given a suspended prison sentence
in Turkey of half a year, because of writing about the Armenian
Genocide. He also has to face the judge on a critical article he
wrote about a prior lawsuit he was in. According to Oxfam Novib Dink
owes the award particularly to the exceptional efforts he makes for
freedom of the press, freedom of speech and the Armenian question,
reports the ANP (Dutch News Agency).