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    UNESCO condemns murder of journalist in Turkey

    Anatolia News Agency, Turkey
    Jan 22 2007

    UNITED NATIONS (A.A) -22.01.2007 -UNESCO condemned the killing of
    Hrant Dink, editor-in-chief of bilingual Turkish-Armenian weekly
    Agos, and praised the swiftly-operated investigation carried out by
    Turkish authorities.

    Director General of UNESCO Koichiro Matsuura made a statement on
    Monday about the assassination of Dink.

    Matsuura said that freedom of speech is a fundamental human right,
    and freedom of press is a fundamental component of democracy and the
    principle of rule of law. He expressed pleasure over the way Turkish
    authorities swiftly operated the investigation. He added that this
    fast response shows that Turkish authorities will not let this crime
    remain unpunished. [Passage omitted]
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