PROTEST RALLY AGAINST LENGTHINESS OF TRIAL OF HRANT DINK MURDER
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
07.07.2009 16:25 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A group of 300 demonstrators drew attention to the
lengthiness of the trial on the 2007 murder of the editor of Agos
daily Hrant Dink. During a protest rally held yesterday in Istanbul’s
Besiktas district, participants chanted slogans: "Hrant’s killer is
the Ergenekon gang."
Gathered in Besiktas Square before a hearing on the murder of Dink
at the Istanbul 14th High Criminal Court, members of a group calling
themselves the Friends of Hrant Dink carried placards "Justice for
Hrant," "Do you remember January 19 (the date when Dink was slain)"
and "Blood flows, state looks."
The spokesperson of the group said that the trial is not being carried
out in accordance with the law and added: "We know what happened on
January 19. We have been waiting for justice for two years." Stating
that the murderers of Dink were on trial in the courthouse located
just 50 meters away from them, the spokesperson said, "It is obvious
who did what. The killers have owned up to their crimes. Why then is
the trial not concluded, even though the criminals are obvious?"
After the statement, the group dispersed without incident.
Editor-in-chief of Agos daily Hrant Dink was killed near the newspaper
office in Istanbul on January 19, 2007.