PRESS RELEASE
From: Mira Yardemian
Public Relations Director
Haigazian University
Mexique Street, Kantari, Beirut
mira@haigazian.edu.lb
P.O.Box. 11-1748
Riad El Solh 1107 2090
Tel: 01-353010/1/2
01-349230/1

Raquel Dink Visits Haigazian University

Beirut, 23/02/2009- On Friday, February 20, 2009, Mrs.Raquel Dink, widow
of renowned Armenian activist journalist, editor of the Turkish-Armenian
Agos newspaper, Hrant Dink, paid a special visit to Haigazian
University.

Dink, who was in Beirut for a very short sojourn, was hosted by the
Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East, as the
keynote speaker of the joint worship service dedicated to the feast of
St.Vartan.

Dink shared with the Haigazian University staff, faculty and students,
her experiences related to the assassination of Hrant and his tireless
efforts to promote human rights and freedom of thought and speech for
all minorities in Turkey. She also briefed about "The Hrant Dink
Foundation" as a foundation that promotes universal values like,
consciousness, responsibility, and accountability in writing and
speaking, and open dialogue between cultures. She further reflected upon
the challenges of living as Armenians in Turkey.

Also organized by Haigazian University, Mrs. Dink had the opportunity to
meet with a select group of Armenian women representing different
denominations, institutions, and cultural organizations in Lebanon,
sharing with them her personal experience vis a vis the assassination of
her late husband, her faith, values and priorities in life, as well as
her new challenges.