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European Parliament observed a minute's silence in Hrant Dink's memory
01.02.2007 18:16
YEREVAN (YERKIR) - The European Parliament observed a minute's silence
in memory of slain journalist Hrant Dink, a leading member of Turkey's
tiny Armenian minority and Editor-in-Chief of `Agos' bilingual
Armenian-Turkish weekly.
He was gunned down outside his editorial office in central Istanbul on
January 19. `I would like, in the name of the European Parliament to
express our indignation,' said the assembly's president Hans-Gert
Poettering during a plenary session in Brussels.
`The fact that thousands attended Dink's burial gives us hope that
this sad event will be a catalyst for the Turkish authorities to go
forward with fresh reforms to guarantee freedoms,' he added. The
European Union has repeatedly called on candidate nation Turkey to
reform its penal code, which limits the freedom of expression.
01.02.2007 18:16
YEREVAN (YERKIR) - The European Parliament observed a minute's silence
in memory of slain journalist Hrant Dink, a leading member of Turkey's
tiny Armenian minority and Editor-in-Chief of `Agos' bilingual
Armenian-Turkish weekly.
He was gunned down outside his editorial office in central Istanbul on
January 19. `I would like, in the name of the European Parliament to
express our indignation,' said the assembly's president Hans-Gert
Poettering during a plenary session in Brussels.
`The fact that thousands attended Dink's burial gives us hope that
this sad event will be a catalyst for the Turkish authorities to go
forward with fresh reforms to guarantee freedoms,' he added. The
European Union has repeatedly called on candidate nation Turkey to
reform its penal code, which limits the freedom of expression.