CAGE ACTION PLAN RELATED TO DINK MURDER

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Feb 9 2010
Turkey

In the 12th hearing of the Dink murder trial the joint attorneys
requested to investigate the "Cage Action Plan" with regard to the
murder. The lawyers furthermore demand thorough investigations into
all aspects of the case. International observers emphasized the
importance of a forceful handling of the case.

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not Heard Cage Action Plan The 12th hearing of the Dink murder trial
was also concerned with the so-called "Cage Action Plan" which was
supposedly worked out as a coup plan by the Naval Forces, targeting
non-Muslims and aiming to charge them of their religious beliefs. The
joint attorneys demanded to investigate whether such a plan had de
facto been organized.

The lawyers requested an investigation into the plan regarding the
sentences "It works out. Kadir Pasha should take over the coordination"
on the first page of the document. Furthermore, the investigation
should determine to whom the initials at the bottom of the plan
belong. The lawyers also demanded to find out who is entitled to
issue the according directives for such an investigation.

"The ones who did not prevent the murder should be interrogated"
The joint attorneys requested the interrogation of members of all
security institutions who did not take precautions to protect Dink’s
life, who paved the way to the murder and turned a blind eye to it.

These institutions are namely the National Intelligence Organization,
the Istanbul Police Directorate, the Trabzon Police Directorate,
the Trabzon Gendarmerie Command and the Intelligence Office Branch
of the Police General Directorate.

Investigation of people who showed Dink as a target A further request
regarded an investigation into a group of people that played a vital
role in the process of showing Dink as a target, a group that filed
the same sort of complaints to launch court cases against Dink and
that organized attacks against Dink and his lawyers when they came
to court hearings.

"The people concealing evidence should be investigated" Moreover, the
joint attorneys demanded to investigate "those persons who attempted to
manipulate the process after the murder of Dink in order to assist the
real perpetrators to get away; those persons who hid and fraudulently
altered evidence and who prepared forged documents".

Who deleted footage of security camera?

Regarding the deleted records of the security camera installed by
AKBANK in the area where the murder happened, the lawyers requested
to investigate by whom the footage of the morning of 19 January 2007
was deleted and how.

Facilities of Ergenekon Case should be provided to Hrant Dink Case
As in the previous hearings, yesterday’s session was again attended
by several international observers.

Paris Bar Association Board Member Vincent Noiré observed the 12th
hearing of the Dink murder trial and commented: "At this stage of the
case it becomes clear that this murder comprises a collective crime.

The truth will be revealed if all requests of the joint attorneys
are accepted".

"Democrats all over the world expect justice" Paris Bar Association
Armenian Lawyers and Jurists Association (AFAJA) Vice President
Alexandre Aslanian made a brief press release following the morning
session. He said, "The state carries the responsibility to protect
all of its citizens regardless of origin or faith. Democrats all over
the world are watching this case and expect justice to be delivered
to full extend".

Aslanian argued that the same facilities applied in the Ergenekon
Case should be applied to the Dink Case as well:

"Considering the facilities provided to the Ergenekon prosecutors, the
same will power could be applied to the Dink case in order to reveal
the full strain of events. The Paris Bar Association is determined to
observe every hearing whether this difference will be removed or not.

A case concerned with the murder of an Armenian citizen should benefit
from the same facilities as provided to Zekeriya Oz, the prosecutor
of the Ergenekon investigation".

Elsa Vidal form the European Desk of the international Reporters
Without Borders (RSF) organization commented: "The actual power of
the Judiciary should be allocated exclusively to the solving of this
political murder. If this struggle is not handled with full efforts,
it will open the door to other killings to come such as the recent
murder of journalist Cihan Hayırsevener from Bandırma.