Dink's Murder is a Proof for Turkish Intolerance, which Continues More than 90 Years

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) mourns the loss of Hrant Dink, a leading Istanbul-based Armenian journalist murdered outside the offices of his Agos newspaper amid a growing tide of official Turkish government prosecutions and nationalist pressure to silence his writings on the Armenian Genocide, says the ANCA statement. "Hrant Dink's murder is tragic proof that the Turkish government through its campaign of denial, threats and intimidation against the recognition of the Armenian Genocide continues to fuel the same hatred and intolerance that initially led to this crime against humanity more than 90 years ago," said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian.



He also added the Turkish government can continue denying the Armenian Genocide in great measure due to the complicity of the U.S. Administration, which, at Turkey's urging, works against Congressional legislation commemorating this crime and has even nominated an Ambassador to Armenia, Richard Hoagland, who is on record denying that it was a genocide. "Today's brutal murder serves as a wake up call to the United States and the entire international community to unite together in ending forever the Turkish government's denial of the Armenian Genocide," Hamparian said.



It's worth mentioning Congressman Adam Schiff has called on his House colleagues to join with him in praising Hrant Dink's courage in confronting the facts of the Armenian Genocide, and urging the Prime Minister of Turkey to repeal the law under which Dink was prosecuted.