JOURNALISTS RECEIVE HRANT DINK AWARD
Hurriyet Daily News
Sept 16 2011
Turkey
Ahmet Altan, the editor-in-chief of daily Taraf, and Mexican journalist
Lydia Cacho have received the third International Hrant Dink Award,
which is named in honor of assassinated Turkish-Armenian journalist
Hrant Dink.
The editor-in-chief of daily Taraf, Ahmet Altan received on Friday
the International Hrant Dink Award.
Ahmet Altan, the editor-in-chief of daily Taraf, and Mexican journalist
Lydia Cacho have received the third International Hrant Dink Award,
which is named in honor of assassinated Turkish-Armenian journalist
Hrant Dink.
“I receive this award as a [caretaker]. If a courageous, honest and
honorable government emerges that will probe the horrible savageness
[of Dink’s murder], then I will gladly hand over this award to them,”
Altan said Thursday in accepting the award, adding that he was waiting
for a government to emerge that would find the real murderers of Dink.
Caho’s comments
Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho said she was jailed in the past because
she had spoken out. “I am using a right here that millions of sisters
do not have. I will continue to write until we can all together walk
on this road. I will continue doing so with the inspiration granted
by friends like Hrant Dink from all over the world.”
Rakel Dink, the head of the Hrant Dink Foundation and the journalist’s
widow, addressed those who had gathered at Istanbul’s Cemal ReÅ~_it
Rey Concert Hall for the awards ceremony in Turkish, Kurdish
and Armenian and noted that the cries for war in Turkey had been
increasing recently.
“Revenge, anger and bloodshed are continuing. Nobody hears the
cry of a population who have been deceived and lied to,” she said,
adding that nobody was paying attention to love, commonsense, truth
and justice. “[People] have been taught to lie to each other. There
is no association between the good and the bad, and between light
and darkness. And also those who are preparing an ambush for you are
continuing to get lost in their own lies. But I know, every time the
good will beat the bad, light will overcome darkness and lies.”
Every year, the Hrant Dink Award is presented to two people from
inside and outside Turkey.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress