FOR HRANT, FOR JUSTICE

FOR HRANT, FOR JUSTICE

The ongoing struggle for freedom of expression in Turkey

Thursday, 28 February 2008 at 7 pm

Amnesty International UK, The Human Rights Action Centre,

17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA

Editor in Chief of the bilingual Armenian and Turkish weekly Agos, Hrant Dink was assassinated outside his office in Istanbul on 19 January 2007. It is already one year since the 40–day memorial of Hrant Dink which we commemorated with a tribute to the man and his work. This year’s event will see the premier screening of a 50-minute documentary by Nouritza Matossian of in-depth interviews with Hrant Dink. This will be followed by a panel discussion with Matossian, writer and broadcaster Ayse Onal and Andrew Gardner, Amnesty International Turkey Researcher. A reception follows.

Amnesty International UK, in association with the Armenian Institute, English PEN and Index on Censorship invite you to this special event.

Tickets are free of charge but space is limited. Book online at www.amnesty.org.uk/events or call 020 7033 1585

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Tuesday, 4 March 2008, 7.00 pm

Room B102 Brunei Gallery, SOAS

Dr Taner Akçam teaches (since 2002) in the History Department of University of Minnesota and is an authority on the late Ottoman and modern Turkish history. He has authored ten scholarly works on history and sociology, as well as numerous articles in Turkish, German and English. His most recent publications include From Empire to Republic: Turkish Nationalism and the Armenian Genocide (Zed, 2004); A Shameful Act: the Armenia Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility (Metropolitan, 2006) and most recently ‘Ermeni Meselesi Hallolunmustur’: Osmanli Belgelerine Göre Savas Yillarinda Ermenilere Yönelik Politikalar (Istanbul, Iletisim , 2008).

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