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  • ANKARA: We condemn the murder of Hrant Dink

    Atýlým, Turkey
    Jan 20 2007

    We condemn the murder of Hrant Dink


    We are strongly condemning the fascist assassination attack on Hrant
    Dink, chief editor of the newspaper Agos. Our condolences to all our
    people. We declare our solidarity with the newspaper Agos and
    emphasize that we will offer all possible support.

    The forces behind this attack are the same as those who charged Hrant
    Dink relying on article 301 and those provoking lynch attempts in
    front of the court. It is the state, the regime itself. But once
    again, the murderer will try to hide himself behind the term 'faili
    meçhul'. Or the intention was to acquit the state from the
    assassination and father the guilt on a simple pawn. The attack on
    the intellectuals to keep them silent has been started in the
    courtrooms and continued with armed attacks.

    The time of the assassination that was realized shortly after the
    conference of intellectuals demanding democratic solutions in the
    Kurdish question in Ankara, among them Hrant Dink, can in no case be
    considered as a coincidence. The assassination of Dink is an answer
    of fascism to his intellectual stance in Ankara. Our intellectuals,
    who are raising their voice for democratic peace with the Kurdish
    people, have been tried to keep silent by aiming at their lives. This
    is nothing else than cowardice and helplessness.

    Those, who blew the bookshop Umut in Þemdinli, put bombs at Koþuyolu
    Children's Park in Diyarbakir and killed a peasant who had gone to
    the forest in Yüksekova to cut down trees, this time hold their guns
    towards an intellectual and defender of democracy and brotherhood.

    The revelation and account by the counterguerilla gangs and their
    commanders responsible for pulling the trigger at this despicable
    killing, the 'good boys' and their 'daddies', totally depends on the
    bravery and determination of the forces demanding freedom.

    All democratic forces must unite in order to demand an account for
    the barbaric attacks on the Armenian society's right of existence in
    this country, on the freedom of press and the democratic steps
    undertaken by them concerning Kurdish and Armenian questions.

    http://www.atilim.org/haberler/2007/01 /20/We_are_strongly_condemning.html
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