Hrant Dink Jurists Face Penalty

HRANT DINK JURISTS FACE PENALTY

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13.04.2012 12:28

Turkish Judicial authorities have recommended that disciplinary
proceedings be launched against the judge and the prosecutor in the
Hrant Dink murder trial for statements they made following the case’s
controversial verdict in January, an official said, Hurriyet Daily
News reports.

The recommendations were found in an inspectors’ report on the conduct
of judge Rustem Eryılmaz and prosecutor Hikmet Usta; the document
has now reached the Supreme Council of Judges and Public Prosecutors
(HSYK) but has not yet been discussed, the council’s deputy chair,
Ahmet Hamsici, told reporters on April 12.

Although Eryılmaz’s court ruled in January that Dink’s murder was
not the work of an organized group, the judge later conceded that he
himself was not happy with the outcome.

“We do not think it is a simple murder. But the evidence was limited.

The suspects were cleared of the charges [of membership in an outlawed
group], but it does not mean that there was no organization,” he said
at the time.

Usta subsequently hit back at Eryılmaz, saying the evidence was
sufficient but was not properly utilized.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress