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  • Open letter of Protest

    Open Letter of Protest (forget the typo in Headline)

    Dear Friend,

    Arat Dink, Serkis Seropyan, Karin Karakashli, Aydin Engin, all members of the staff
    of "Agos" weekly in Istanbul, and Erdal Dogal, the Dink family lawyer, are charged with "denigrating Turkishness" under Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code. Some of them may face three years of jail time if convicted. The pretext is the publication of an old interview with the Reuters News Agency in which the late assassinated Hrant Dink had referred to the Genocide of the Armenians.

    Renowned writers, scholars and journalists such as Orhan Pamuk, Elif Shafak,
    Taner Akçam, Ragip Zarakolu and others were charged with similar criminal
    offences over the last while. Some of them have chosen self-exile and are now
    living in Europe, the United States and elsewhere for fear of their own lives and
    avoiding the destiny that the late Hrant Dink faced.

    Please visit http://ramgavar.org/protest.html or http://tekeyan.org to voice your opinion by endorsing an open letter of protest. This letter will be delivered to International PEN at http://www.internationalpen.org.uk Whether the letter will have any impact on the outcome of the trials is unknown, however, it will be yet another document in the annals of Human Rights abuses in Turkey. As such it could help bring attention to the plight of Turkish Scholars, Human Rights activist, writers, journalists and people at large to end a Draconian rule that prevents Turkey to explore its own past history without fear of persecution.
    Furthermore, it may highlight the timeliness of the application that Taner Akçam
    filed before the European Court of Human Rights on the 20th of June 2007.

    Dr. Dikran Abrahamian, BA, MD, of Toronto, Canada, a zealous devotee of the
    Armenian Cause, has initiated this commendable drive. We will transfer all the
    endosements submitted to us to Dr. Abrahamian, in a timely manner.

    Your endorsement, dear friend, is solicited, because we believe that you are in favour of supporting such worthwhile initiatives. Your privacy is valued; other than your name and location no other personal information will be displayed anywhere and will not be used without your permission.


    Sincerely yours

    Yeghish Vartanian / Program co-coordinator


    If you are in agreement with the content please circulate to your friends.


    NB Click on http://ramgavar.org/protest.html or http://tekeyan.org to view the protest form.
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