Wikipedia now has an updated page on Hrant Dink which also now details his assassination as well as life and career.
According to eye witnesses, he was shot by a man of 25-30 years of age, who fired three shots to Dink’s head at point blank range before fleeing the scene on foot. According to the […]
Following the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist and editor Hrant Dink in Istanbul, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the Committee for the Protection of Journalists (CPJ) and International Pen have issued strong condemnations. In particular, RSF is supporting calls for a demonstration which will be held outside the Turkish Embassy in Paris.
No doubt similar demonstrations will […]
Hrant Dink, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2005
The BBC reports that Turkish-Armenian writer Hrant Dink has been murdered in Istanbul. According to the report, Dink was shot three times outside of the office of the Agos weekly newspaper he edited. Oneworld Multimedia expresses its condolences to Dink’s family and calls […]
Zarchka has an interesting post on love, sex and marriage over at Life Around Me. So interesting was it that the forum page which resulted in Zara posting has since been taken down. So much for open discussion, but one thing’s for sure, her post had an impact and if discussion was censored and actually […]
RFE/RL reports that the republic is once again considered “Partly Free” by Freedom House. RFE/RL quotes the U.S. based organization as laying the blame firmly on a “limited respect for political rights and civil liberties.â€
The Washington-based group again evaluated the state of political rights and civil liberties in each of the 193 countries surveyed […]
A1 Plus Anniversary Protest Rally, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2004
The Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR) has a very depressing story on the state of the broadcast media here. Unlike the print media in Armenia, the TV stations offer very little plurality in terms of information or news […]
Blogian carries news that the BBC Russian site says Borat’s Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan will not be shown in Russia. Unfortunately, Simon thinks Armenia will follow suit and I guess he’s right. However, I live in hope that it will at least make it here on DVD and […]
Reporters Without Borders is organizing an online campaign against net censorship. The campaign focuses on 13 countries with particularly bad records in this area as well as Yahoo who have self-imposed restrictions, as well as worked with the local authorities to persecute dissidents and journalists, in China.
More than 60 cyber-dissidents around the world are currently […]
Following on from Hrant Dink and other ethnic Armenians in Turkey denouncing a bill that will criminalize denial of the Armenian Genocide if it becomes law in France comes reaction from Orhan Pamuk.
Dissident Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk, winner of the 2006 Nobel Literature Prize, denounced a French bill that would make it a […]
Hrant Dink, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2005
In a strange twist to news that France has passed a bill making denial of the Armenian Genocide a crime, ethnic Armenian journalist Hrant Dink says that he is prepared to deny the massacre of 1.5 million Armenians to defend freedom of speech. […]
