Court sentences Turkish editor for insulting the state
October 07, 2005
Financial Times
A Turkish court yesterday sentenced the editor of an Armenian-language newspaper in Istanbul to six months in prison after finding him guilty of insulting the state in a series of articles he published last year.
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The court found Hrant Dink, editor of the bilingual Turkish- and Armenian-language weekly Agos, guilty of "insulting and weakening Turkish identity in the media".
The sentence was suspended, so he will not have to serve time in jail unless he repeats the offence. Mr Dink, who is a Turkish citizen and who denied the charge, said he would appeal to a higher court and, if necessary, to the European Court of Human Rights.
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Financial Times
A Turkish court yesterday sentenced the editor of an Armenian-language newspaper in Istanbul to six months in prison after finding him guilty of insulting the state in a series of articles he published last year.
[...]
The court found Hrant Dink, editor of the bilingual Turkish- and Armenian-language weekly Agos, guilty of "insulting and weakening Turkish identity in the media".
The sentence was suspended, so he will not have to serve time in jail unless he repeats the offence. Mr Dink, who is a Turkish citizen and who denied the charge, said he would appeal to a higher court and, if necessary, to the European Court of Human Rights.
[...]
Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
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