ECHR finds Turkey guilty in case involving Dink murderSeptember 14, 2010 - 15:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) found the Turkish state guilty in the case involving the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink. The case at the European court was initially investigating the conviction of Dink for insulting Turkishness in his column in Agos weekly. The journalist had brought the case against the Turkish state to the European court. After Dink was murdered by an ultranationalist in front of his newspaper's office in Istanbul in 2007, his family opened an additional case at the high court, accusing the Turkish state of failing to protect the journalist's right to life. The two cases were later merged. The court found the Turkish state guilty on two charges, sentencing the state to pay 133,595 euros to Dink's family in compensation and an extra payment of 28,595 euros to the court for expenditures, Hurriyet Daily News reported. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |