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NETHERLANDS GRANTS ASYLUM TO EX-JUDGE CHARGED IN TURKEY
BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13467865
20 May 2011 Last updated at 11:20 GMT
A former Turkish judge who says he was prosecuted for his views on the
fate of Armenians and Kurds has been granted asylum in the Netherlands.
Cagatay Cetin, who is of Armenian-Kurdish descent, claimed asylum
after arriving in the country in January last year.
Charges against him in Turkey include forging documents and false
accusation.
The Dutch government refused to say why Cetin had been granted asylum,
adding it did not comment on individual cases.
Turkey has prosecuted individuals who describe the mass killing [read:
genocide] of Armenians in the early 20th Century as genocide.
BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13467865
20 May 2011 Last updated at 11:20 GMT
A former Turkish judge who says he was prosecuted for his views on the
fate of Armenians and Kurds has been granted asylum in the Netherlands.
Cagatay Cetin, who is of Armenian-Kurdish descent, claimed asylum
after arriving in the country in January last year.
Charges against him in Turkey include forging documents and false
accusation.
The Dutch government refused to say why Cetin had been granted asylum,
adding it did not comment on individual cases.
Turkey has prosecuted individuals who describe the mass killing [read:
genocide] of Armenians in the early 20th Century as genocide.