MARSEILLE PAYS TRIBUTE TO ASSASSINATED JOURNALISTS GEBRAN TUENI, ANNA POLITKOVSKAYA AND HRANT DINK

iloubnan.info
Dec 12 2008
Lebanon

MARSEILLE (France) – As it hosts the great report days as well as
the international Free Word award, Marseille Province Press Club
puts today, Friday, December 12, in Marseille (France) a sheave as
a tribute to assassinated journalists Anna Politkovskaïa (Russia),
Hrant Dink (Turkey) and Gebran Tueni (Lebanon). The sheave will be put
at 4 p.m. before Press freedom cedar planted at the 26th centenarian
park entry in March 2006 for the everlasting commemoration of Gebran
Tueni who was assassinated in Beirut.

"The three assassinated journalists shared in common democracy,
freedom and human rights battle. They had not but the pen as their
only weapon", Marseille Province Press Club chairman explained in an
opening statement.

To her part, Rakel Dink, the widow of the Armenian-Turkish journalist
will also attend the ceremony which will be closed by a silent minute
standing.

Reporters without Frontiers, Land of Armenia, CRIF, Human Rights
League, Provence-Communication Club and Media and Communication City
are all associated and sheduled to attend this meeting.

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