Atýlým, Turkey
Jan 20 2007

We condemn the murder of Hrant Dink

We are strongly condemning the fascist assassination attack on Hrant
Dink, chief editor of the newspaper Agos. Our condolences to all our
people. We declare our solidarity with the newspaper Agos and
emphasize that we will offer all possible support.

The forces behind this attack are the same as those who charged Hrant
Dink relying on article 301 and those provoking lynch attempts in
front of the court. It is the state, the regime itself. But once
again, the murderer will try to hide himself behind the term ‘faili
meçhul’. Or the intention was to acquit the state from the
assassination and father the guilt on a simple pawn. The attack on
the intellectuals to keep them silent has been started in the
courtrooms and continued with armed attacks.

The time of the assassination that was realized shortly after the
conference of intellectuals demanding democratic solutions in the
Kurdish question in Ankara, among them Hrant Dink, can in no case be
considered as a coincidence. The assassination of Dink is an answer
of fascism to his intellectual stance in Ankara. Our intellectuals,
who are raising their voice for democratic peace with the Kurdish
people, have been tried to keep silent by aiming at their lives. This
is nothing else than cowardice and helplessness.

Those, who blew the bookshop Umut in Þemdinli, put bombs at Koþuyolu
Children’s Park in Diyarbakir and killed a peasant who had gone to
the forest in Yüksekova to cut down trees, this time hold their guns
towards an intellectual and defender of democracy and brotherhood.

The revelation and account by the counterguerilla gangs and their
commanders responsible for pulling the trigger at this despicable
killing, the ‘good boys’ and their ‘daddies’, totally depends on the
bravery and determination of the forces demanding freedom.

All democratic forces must unite in order to demand an account for
the barbaric attacks on the Armenian society’s right of existence in
this country, on the freedom of press and the democratic steps
undertaken by them concerning Kurdish and Armenian questions.

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