US Senate committee to vote on Turkish resolution

26 March 2007
NTV-MSNBC

Below it says "Both Ankara and the Bush Administration have spoken out against references to the so-called Armenian genocide in the text of the resolution.". What a farce this is since Hrant Dink was condemned under 301 because he spoke on the Armenian Genocide and subsequently assassinated because of this conviction.

Turkey has objected to references to the so-called Armenian genocide in the draft text of the resolution.

WASHINGTON - The US Senate’s Committee on Foreign Relations is to vote on Wednesday on a draft resolution condemning the killing of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, it was announced Monday.

The draft resolution, tabled by Senator Joseph Biden, also calls on Turkey to remove article 301 from the country’s statute books.

The controversial article covers the crime of insulting Turkish identity, and has been used to prosecute a number of Turkish journalists academics and writers, including Dink, who was gunned down in Istanbul on January 19.

Other sections of the draft resolution call on Turkey to establish diplomatic, political and commercial relations with Armenia.

Both Ankara and the Bush Administration have spoken out against references to the so-called Armenian genocide in the text of the resolution.

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