Hrant Dink's son stands trial under article 301

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Istanbul prosecutor office urges up to 3 years of imprisonment for Arat Dink, the son of Hrant Dink. An action against Agos editor Arat Dink and his fellow Sargis Serobyan was brought for a repeated publication of Hrant Dink's interview where he recognized the Armenian Genocide.



During yesterday's court session Arat Dink said the prosecutors provoked Hrant Dink's slaying by initiating proceeding against him. "The most absurd and dangerous is the fact that describing a historical event as 'genocide' is perceived as insulting Turkishness," Arat Dink said, RFE/RL reports.



In case he is found guilty, Arat can be deprived of liberty for 6 months and up to 3 years.



Hrant Dink had been handed a 6-month suspended sentence "for insulting Turkishness" under the same notorious article 301.



Hrant Dink was assassinated outside his Agos newspaper premises in Istanbul on January 19, 2007, by Ogün Samast, a 17-year-old ultra-nationalist Turk. 18 other people are accused of complicity of the murder. Erhan Tuncel and Yasin Hayal are charged of plotting the crime.