UNESCO condemns murder of journalist in Turkey

Anatolia News Agency, Turkey
Jan 22 2007

UNITED NATIONS (A.A) -22.01.2007 -UNESCO condemned the killing of
Hrant Dink, editor-in-chief of bilingual Turkish-Armenian weekly
Agos, and praised the swiftly-operated investigation carried out by
Turkish authorities.

Director General of UNESCO Koichiro Matsuura made a statement on
Monday about the assassination of Dink.

Matsuura said that freedom of speech is a fundamental human right,
and freedom of press is a fundamental component of democracy and the
principle of rule of law. He expressed pleasure over the way Turkish
authorities swiftly operated the investigation. He added that this
fast response shows that Turkish authorities will not let this crime
remain unpunished. [Passage omitted]