Cyprus Mail, Cyprus
Jan 27 2007

IN MEMORY: HRANT DINK should be awarded every international accolade
possible for peace and co-operation. Not even all the Nobel Peace
Prizes in the world can bring this heroic Armenian journalist back to
life. What was this person’s crime, simply stating the truth about
how Armenian people were massacred a century ago? It’s not that he
wanted to live in the past – just that he wanted to live in the
future with dignity.
The youth who shot Hrant Dink still believes he is right, that’s
perhaps the worst part of his hate crime, not realising his guilt. It
will haunt him for life – whether he likes it or not and whether he
recognises it or not. The same goes for Turkey in not recognising the
plight of the Armenian people. Maintaining blinkered vision will mean
paying a heavy price, not only in terms of the EU but the whole free
thinking democratic world. RiP…

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress