Terry Davis shocked with the assassination of Hrant Dink

Terry Davis shocked with the assassination of Hrant Dink

ArmRadio.am
20.01.2007 14:50

Secretary General of the Council of Europe Terry Davis is deeply
shocked and upset with the assassination of Turkish Armenian writer
and journalist Hrant Dink. `Like Prime Minister Erdogan I condemn this
vicious crime and welcome the Prime Minister’s promise to call the
criminals to responsibility,’ Terry Davis declared. He reminded that
Hrant Dink was bravely writing about the painful period in the history
of Turkey and the whole region. `His works were always filled with
the spirit of sincere reconciliation. Hrant Dink became the victim of
those who hated him for his free-thinking, for his aspiration to help
his own people meet the commitment of corresponding to European values
of tolerance and democracy, the Secretary General noted.

He added that Hrant Dink will be remembered as a fighter for progress
of freedom of speech in the country. `It’s extremely important for
citizens f any country to have the right to freely discuss the facts
of own history. I express my deep condolence with Hrant Dink’s family,
friends and colleagues,’ Terry Davis says in his statement.