SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF HRANT DINK’S MURDER MARKED IN ARMENIA

Noyan Tapan

Jan 19, 2009

YEREVAN, JANUARY 19, ARMENIANS TODAY – NOYAN TAPAN. The second
anniversary of murder of Hrant Dink, the editor-in-chief of the Agos
newspaper published in Turkey, was marked on January 19 in Yerevan. The
staff of the RA Ministry of Diaspora led by Minister Hranush Hakobian
visiting Yerevan Memorial of Armenian Genocide Victims paid a tribute
of respect to H. Dink’s memory.

"Today the mankind of the world, including the Armenians of the
Diaspora, mourn over Hrant Dink’s martyr. He lived his life as
a peculiar symbol, a symbol of independence, freedom, democracy,
tolerance. All this was not forgiven by extremists," the Minister
said in her interview to journalists.

At the same time she said that H. Dink’s martyr became a reason for the
Turkish and Armenian peoples’ revolt. "With his death he also helped to
expand the struggle for democracy and freedom," H. Hakobian emphasized.

The Armenian-Russian Cossack Union and One and a Half Million +1
NGOs organized a march on the occasion of the second anniversary
of H. Dink’s murder. According to the organizers, the march was
organized to exclude such infringements on the Armenians next time. The
Armenian-Russian Cossack Union is going to apply to the RA government
to erect a monument to H. Dink in Armenia with its assistance.