HRANT DINK COMMEMORATION MEETING HELD IN ISTANBUL
Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am
Sept 16 2009
Armenia
16:55 / 09/16/2009On the occasion of the 55th birthday anniversary
of the well-known Armenia journalist Hrant Dink, who was assassinated
in Istanbul in January 2007, the Hrant Dink International Fund held a
commemoration meeting and awarded prizes to the journalist Alper Gurm
Alper GörmuÅ~_ and to the Israeli journalist Amira Hass, reported
the Bianet website.
On September 15, the Fund held a party at the Resid Rey hall in
Istanbul. Among the guests were Hrant Dinks family, colleagues and
human rights activists. Among about the 500 guests were State Minister
Egemen BagıÅ~_, Chairman of the Human Rights Commission Zafer Uskul,
the member of the Democratic Society Party (Demokratik Toplum Partisi,
DTP), deputy Akın Birdal, deputy Ufuk Uras, representatives of the
EU mission in Turkey, other celebrities.
This year, the prize-awarding committee consisted of Ali Bayramoglu
(Chairman), Chairperson of the Hrant Dink Fund Rakel Dink, Etyen
Mahcupyan and others.
From: Baghdasarian