Federation of Armenian Organizations in The Netherlands
April 24 Committee
For Recognition and Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide of 1915
Address: Weesperstraat 91 – 2574 VS The Hague, The Netherlands
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E-mail: [email protected]
Contact: M. Hakhverdian
Press Release
The Hague 19 January 2007 – The Federation of Armenian Organisations in the
Netherlands (FAON) is shocked to hear of the assassination of Armenian
journalist Hrant Dink living in Turkey. Just last month Dink visited the
Netherlands to receive the Oxfam pen Award from Mayor Deetman of The Hague.
Dink was a brave man, who was future oriented.
The 53-year-old journalist Hrant Dink, editor of the Armenian-Turkish
language weekly Agos newspaper, was shot dead on Friday 19 January 2007i n
front of the Istanbul publication as he was leaving.
In many ways Turkey carries responsibility for the death of Dink. By
educating generations with the superiority of the Turks and with the denial
of the Armenian Genocide for decades the Turks in fact have been stirring up
Turks against Armenians. Also Turkey didn¹t give protection to Hrant Dink,
he was in fact outlawed.