EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS ACCEPTS LAWSUIT OF HRANT DINK
ANKARA, JANUARY 25, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The European Court
of Human Rights on January 25 stated that it accepted the lawsuit of
Hrant Dink, assassined editor-in-chief of the weekly newspaper "Akos"
(Istanbul).
After being accused of "insulting Turkish identity" by Article 301
of Turkey’s Criminal Code and getting a six-month suspended sentence,
Dink applied to the European Court of Human Rights with a request to
reconsider the court’s decision.
According to the Jihan news agency (Turkey), the European Court of
Human Rights stated that Dink’s lawsuit is related to violation of
4 articles of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms: "Article 6 of the Convention says that each
accused person has the right of fair trial, Article 7 stipulates
that there may be no punishment without law, Article 10 says that
everyone has the right of speech freedom, and according to Article
14, manifestation of discrimination is forbidden in any sphere,"
the European Court’s statement says.
Due to the death of the person who filed the suit, the European
Court of Human Rights will ask the family of Hrant Dink to decide the
issue of continuing the suit. The fate of the lawsuit depends on the
family’s decision.
