Turkey: 10,000 mark journalist’s death 5 yrs on
Associated Press
19/1/2012
More than 10,000 protesters marked the fifth anniversary of a Turkish-Armenian journalist’s murder on Thursday as outrage continues to grow over a trial which failed to shed light on alleged official negligence or even collusion.
Human rights activists placed red carnations on the spot where Hrant Dink was gunned down in daylight by a teenage gunman in Istanbul, outside of his minority Agos newspaper. Many carried black banners that read: “We are all Hrant, we are all Armenian.’’
Thousands marched silently for justice, a call shared by Turkish leaders and leading businessmen who expressed unease over this week’s sentencing of one man, Yasin Hayal, to life in prison for masterminding the killing, while another 17 were acquitted of charges of acting under a terrorist organization’s orders. The court neglected to issue its verdict about a 19th suspect.
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