Dink murderer can be released?November 3, 2010 - 14:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - An amendment to be introduced in the Turkish Criminal Code on December 31, 2010 will reduce the term of arrest for the suspects from 1.5 to 3 years. According to the amendment, Hrant Dink’s assassin Ogun Samast can be released after being kept in custody 3 years and 9 months, Turkish Aksam newspaper said. In October, an Istanbul court has complied with Samast’s defender Levent Yildrim’s request to try Samast in the juvenile court, guarantying for him an extremely mild punishment – up to 5 years of imprisonment. Top stories 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". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |