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    DINK FAMILY CALLS ON MINISTERS TO IMPLEMENT ECHR DECISION

    BIAnet.org
    http://www.bianet.org/english/minorities/127620-dink-family-calls-on-ministers-to-implement-echr-decision
    Feb 3 2011
    Turkey

    The family of slain Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink called on
    state ministers to implement the finalized decision of the ECHR on
    the Hrant Dink case. In a letter, the family urged for an effective
    and in-depth investigation and a change of attitude to avoid further
    violations.

    Istanbul - Bia News Agency03 February 2011, Thursday The family of
    slain journalist Hrant Dink addressed the Foreign Minister Ahmet
    DavutoÄ~_lu, the Minister of the Interior, BeÅ~_ir Atalay, and the
    Minister of Justice, Sadullah Ergin, with their written request to
    enforce the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)
    regarding the murder of Hrant Dink. The decision was finalized on 14
    December 2010.

    Turkish-Armenian journalist Dink, then Chief Editor of the Armenian
    Agos newspaper, was shot dead in front of the Agos office on 19
    January 2007.

    "Mentality needs to change to prevent further violations" The Dink
    family called on the state institutions and the judicial offices to
    fulfill their duty imposed by the ECHR decision. The international
    court decided for a violation of rights related to the Dink case. The
    Dink family also demanded to take the necessary measures to prevent
    further violations.

    It was emphasized in the letter that a reiteration of the violations
    should be prevented by changing the attitude and the structure that
    emerged from the violations. It was said that the violations should
    be eliminated completely.

    The letter dated 28 January 2011 was written on behalf of Dink's widow
    Rakel Dink, their children Delal, Arat and Sera Dink, Hosrof Dink as
    the brother of the killed journalist and family lawyer Fethiye Ã~Getin.

    The letter claimed that the judiciary system, the concept of
    judiciary and its practices should be reviewed in order to prevent
    the reiteration of the violations of duty within state organs and
    during the investigation of the assassination.

    "Legal instruments of new investigations should be researched" The
    Dink family demanded to investigate the people who did not fulfill
    their legal responsibility when they failed to take precautionary
    measures although they had information about the murder of Hrant Dink.

    Additionally, they demanded an investigation by the prosecution into
    the destruction, concealing and changing of evidence and also into
    the connections between the defendants and the persons responsible
    for treating the alleged prime suspect of the murder like a hero.

    The family of the killed Turkish-Armenian journalist said that the
    entire investigations carried out by the Trabzon prosecution which
    resulted in impunity should be retried. However, they demanded that
    this should be conducted directly by the prosecutors who investigated
    the Hrant Dink murder and not within the scope of Law No. 4483 which
    was determined not to be an effective way of investigation by the
    ECHR decision.

    Moreover, it was requested to investigate the inactivity of the
    public officials regarding the failed prevention of the Dink murder
    and the actuality of evidence for the murder being concealed under
    Articles 314, 39, 220, 204 and 83 of the Turkish Criminal Law (TCK)
    and Article 8/2 of the Criminal Procedural Law (CMK).

    Effective and in-depth investigation The Dink family called for an
    effective and in-depth research to determine what happened after the
    murder. They also urged for a clarification whether the murder had
    a racist background or not.

    "It has to be confirmed whether the murder was motivated by racism and
    whether prejudice based on ethnic origins played a role. Therefore,
    prosecutors should be appointed that will investigate from one central
    point the periods of time prior and subsequent to the murder under
    this aspect".

    It was also emphasized that attention should be drawn to the opinions
    held by the Turkish judiciary considering the ECHR's decision for a
    violation of freedom of expression of Hrant Dink prior to his death.

    The Dink family stressed that obstacles before freedom of expression
    should be lifted and that positive measures should be taken to protect
    individuals from potential attacks on freedom of expression.




    From: A. Papazian
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