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Carnegie Europe and Thomas de Waal under critique
A group of academics and human rights lawyers penned a public response to the think tank Carnegie Europe after the publication of an article by the British journalist and writer Thomas de Waal on 30 April 2021 entitled “What Next After the US Recognition of the Armenian Genocide?”
Bay Area Dialogue Group Commends President Biden on Armenian Genocide Recognition
“The Armenian Genocide has been largely invisible in Turkey, whose denialist policies continue to marginalize the remaining Armenians and other ethnic and religious groups in the region.”
Hrant Dink's family says court judgment on his murder is 'far from the truth'
The family of Hrant Dink has released a written statement about today's court ruling on the Dink's murder in 2007.
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Hrant Dink murder: Court sentences several people to life in prison
In the trial over the assassination of journalist Hrant Dink, the files of 13 people have been separated. 37 defendants have been acquitted and 26 have been convicted. Four have been given a life sentence and two an aggravated life sentence.
New book from Baskın Oran on minorities in Turkey
Agos columnist Baskın Oran's new book entitled "Minorities and Minority Rights in Turkey: From the Ottoman Empire to the Present State" has been released.
"Our mourning does not come to an end..."
This year only and due to the pandemic, on the 14th year of his
assassination the founder and editor-in-chief of our newspaper Hrant
Dink was commemorated online. Selahattin Demirtaş’s wife Başak
Demirtaş delivered the commemoration speech from the 23.5 Hrant Dink
Site of Memory. Below is the text of her address.
Hrant Dink commemoration to be held online due to pandemic
January 19 marks the 14th year since journalist Hrant Dink was murdered. This year’s commemoration ceremony will be held online due to the coronavirus pandemic.
"New Kavala hearing: A symptom of Turkey’s gangrened justice system"
15 human rights NGOs, call on the authorities to dismiss all charges against Osman Kavala. Today marks the 1,144th day of his detention and the first hearing of his trial based on the new indictment, will be held at 13:30 pm.
Day by Day, Hour by Hour, We Are Suffocating
In all honesty, we are suffocating. Slowly. Day by day, hour by hour, we are suffocating in your hatred. Any oxygen that was left to penetrate through our masks, you have taken that too.
Press release by Garo Paylan on his being targeted
Garo Paylan, a Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey for the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), issued a press statement on his being targeted through newspaper ads.