/PanARMENIAN. Net/ Armenian Caucus Rep. Congressman Adam Schiff has circulated a letter in Congress addressed to Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, calling upon the members of the House of Representatives to sign under the letter.
“We write to express our shock and condemnation of the murder of Hrant Dink, the Armenian-Turkish editor of newspaper ‘Agos’. We urge you to personally oversee the investigation into Mr. Dink’s murder and to ensure that this crime is solved and that those responsible are punished. The silencing of such a prominent and outspoken voice is not only a personal tragedy; it is also a tragedy for those who believe in a free and unfettered press, and those who are committed to a thoughtful examination of the past. Hrant Dink had the courage to confront the facts of the Armenian Genocide, and that courage may have cost him his life. We hope that you will also use the occasion of Mr. Dink’s murder to repeal the odious law making it a crime to “insult Turkishness. ” As you know, Mr. Dink was prosecuted under this law and was given a six-month suspended sentence in October 2005 after writing about the Armenian Genocide. Finally, we also ask that you pass on our deepest condolences to his family and colleagues,” says Adam Schiff in his letter, the Armenian Assembly of America reports.
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