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Dink’s Murder is a Proof for Turkish Intolerance,
which Continues More than 90 Years
20.01.2007 13:42 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA)
mourns the loss of Hrant Dink, a leading Istanbul-based Armenian
journalist murdered outside the offices of his Agos newspaper amid a
growing tide of official Turkish government prosecutions and
nationalist pressure to silence his writings on the Armenian Genocide,
says the ANCA statement. `Hrant Dink’s murder is tragic proof that the
Turkish government through its campaign of denial, threats and
intimidation against the recognition of the Armenian Genocide
continues to fuel the same hatred and intolerance that initially led
to this crime against humanity more than 90 years ago," said ANCA
Executive Director Aram Hamparian.

He also added the Turkish government can continue denying the Armenian
Genocide in great measure due to the complicity of the U.S.
Administration, which, at Turkey’s urging, works against Congressional
legislation commemorating this crime and has even nominated an
Ambassador to Armenia, Richard Hoagland, who is on record denying that
it was a genocide. "Today’s brutal murder serves as a wake up call to
the United States and the entire international community to unite
together in ending forever the Turkish government’s denial of the
Armenian Genocide," Hamparian said.

It’s worth mentioning Congressman Adam Schiff has called on his House
colleagues to join with him in praising Hrant Dink’s courage in
confronting the facts of the Armenian Genocide, and urging the Prime
Minister of Turkey to repeal the law under which Dink was prosecuted.