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    TURKISH HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST SENTENCED UNDER ARTICLE 301

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    18.06.2008 16:48 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ On June 17, renowned Turkish human rights activist
    Ragip Zarakolu stood trial and was sentenced to prison term of six
    months under article 301.

    Earlier, four eminent members of the European Parliament - Mrs
    Maria Eleni Koppa and Mr Jacques Toubon, both vice-presidents of
    the delegation EU-Turkey, Mr Patrick Gaubert, vice-president of
    the sub-committee on Human Rights and president of Licra, Mr Ioannis
    Kasoulides, former minister of Foreign Affairs and recent candidate for
    the Cypriot presidency - have recently sent a letter to the Turkish
    Minister of Justice, Mr Mehmet Ali Sahin, in order to inform him of
    the Unions concern about developments in Ragip Zarakolu's trial.

    Mr Zarakolu is a publisher and militates for several years in favor
    of Human Rights in Turkey. He is one of the founding members of the
    Turkish Association for Human Rights and he forms part of those
    dissidents prosecuted under 301 article for having "insulted the
    State and the Republic" and "the memory of Ataturk".

    Mr Zarakolu is prosecuted because he published two books on the
    Armenian genocide, the founding act and the major taboo of the
    Turkish state and society. One of the books deals with the rescue of
    an Armenian family by Turks during the Genocide.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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