AROUND THOUSAND PEOPLE GATHERED IN FRONT OF COURTHOUSE WHERE HRANT DINK MURDER CASE STARTED

PanARMENIAN.Net
03.07.2007 13:51 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Around 1000 people gathered in Beºiktaº, Istanbul
early in the morning near the courthouse, where the trial on the murder
of Hrant Dink, Armenian-Turkish ‘Agos’ bilingual editor-in-chief
started. They carried banners saying "We are all Armenians, "We are
all Dinks," and "We are all witnesses, demand justice". Those gathered
have undersigned ‘the Coordination to watch the Hrant Dink case’,
Anatolia News Agency reports. Hrant Dink’s wife, Rakel Dink saluted
them as she was going to the courthouse, while the people applauded
her. One of activists, Tores Dincoz said Hrant Dink was killed, "as
we were not strong enough. We gathered here to prevent the blackening
of truth," Dincoz said.

Yesterday eighteen suspects went on trial in Istanbul for the murder of
Hrant Dink. Since the main culprit 17-year-old Ogun Samast is a minor,
the trial is closed to the public. According to the investigation,
Ogun Samast belonged to a terrorist organization. He gunned down the
53-year-old journalist in Istanbul near the editorial house of his
‘Agos’ newspaper.

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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress