The Turkish authorities have failed to address state officials’ alleged involvement in the killing of journalist and human rights activist Hrant Dink, Amnesty International said today, as the trial of 18 people accused of his murder drew to a close.
Hrant Dink, a Turkish citizen of Armenian descent, was killed on 19 January 2007 outside the offices of the Agos newspaper where he was the editor.
When the trial ends on Tuesday, almost five years to the day after the death of Hrant Dink, the authorities will still not have investigated the full circumstances behind his murder.
“Hrant Dink was murdered for peacefully expressing his opinions,” said Andrew Gardner Amnesty International’s expert on Turkey.
“The security services knew of the murder plot and were in communication with those accused of the murder yet nothing was done to stop it taking place.
