DISCUSSION OF RESOLUTION ON CONDEMNING HRANT DINK’S MURDER POSTPONED AT U.S. SENATE FOR SOME TIME
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Mar 07 2007
WASHINGTON, MARCH 7, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The U.S. Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations postponed discussion and votion of
the draft resolution condemning Istanbul Agos newspaper editor Hrant
Dink’s murder. It was to take place on March 7. The issue was taken
out by Senator Richard Lugar’s proposal, under pretence of lack of
time and variety of issues being discussed.
The day of holding of the next sitting of the committee is not decided
yet. To recap, the draft resolution presented by democrat Senator,
Chairman of the mentioned committee Joe Biden condemns Hrant Dink’s
murder as well as called on the Turkish authorities to state invalid
Article 301 of the Criminal Code by which freedon of expression
is limited.