HRANT DINK’S NAME IN LIST OF JOURNALISTS NAMES INSCRIBED IN MEMORIAL AT NEWSEUM IN WASHINGTON
Noyan Tapan
April 9, 2008
WASHINGTON, APRIL 9, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Ambassadors,
prominent journalists and Armenian Assembly representatives were
among the more than 400 guests at the dedication of the Journalists
Memorial at the Newseum in Washington, DC. on April 4. The memorial
pays tribute to some 2,000 journalists who were killed in the pursuit
of news, including noted Armenian journalist Hrant Dink.
Dink’s widow Rakel traveled from Turkey to attend the dedication
ceremony, which honored journalists from around the world who died
reporting the news from 1837-2007. The event included a special
recognition for the 158 journalists who lost their lives in 2006
and 2007.
The Assembly contacted the Newseum shortly after Dink’s assassination
in January 2007 to ensure that his name was included in the list of
names to be inscribed in the memorial.