TURKEY "CONDEMNED" U.S. SENATE FOR ADOPTING RES. 65 THAT CONDEMNS HRANT DINK’S MURDER

PanARMENIAN.Net
30.03.2007 15:06 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkey "condemned" the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations
Committee for adopting the resolution that condemns the murder of Agos
weekly editor-in-chief Hrant Dink. "It is quite clear the inclusion of
this resolution into the Senate agenda pursued the goal to speculate
this mean crime for political purposes touching upon the events of
1915," the statement of Turkish MFA says. The Foreign Affairs Ministry
of Turkey also reminds that the Turkish government sharply condemned
Dink’s assassination, RFE/RL reports.

Yesterday U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee adopted human rights
legislation, condemning the murder of journalist and human rights
activist Hrant Dink and calling on the Turkish government to repeal
the law, Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code. The document noted
Dink’s persecution because of his speech on the Armenian Genocide. It
specifically notes that Dink was "subjected to legal action under
Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code for referring to the 1915
massacre of Armenians as genocide.