Coincidence? Don't make me laugh!!!
"Widow continues journalist's fight for human rights; She hopes to shed new light on Turkey's past" by Jenna Russell, Globe Staff | February 1, 2009
ARLINGTON - Days after her husband, the outspoken Turkish Armenian journalist and activist Hrant Dink, was shot dead outside his Istanbul office, Rakel Dink urged forgiveness.
After the ADL worked so hard to deny it?
What could have possibly motivated the paper to dredge that all up and print this at this time?
The killing of her husband, a beloved human rights leader, sparked outrage and protest, and it pushed his widow to become an even more visible spokeswoman for his ideals and goals.
Today, Rakel Dink will speak at a panel discussion at MIT about her husband's legacy. The event is organized by a new Cambridge-based nonprofit group, Friends of Hrant Dink, dedicated to the cause of human rights. Yesterday, she told her story to an appreciative audience at the Armenian Cultural Foundation in Arlington....
Panelists at today's 3 p.m. event at MIT will include Oktay Ozel, a professor of Ottoman history; Peter Balakian, author of a best-selling book about the Armenian genocide; and Andrew Tarsy, who was ousted from his job at the Anti-Defamation League last year after a public skirmish with the organization over its position on the Armenian genocide.
Hrant Dink - who was editor of Agos, the Turkish Armenian newspaper he founded.... frequently threatened for his views.... was shot to death in broad daylight on a busy street by a teenager believed to have been influenced by the country's militant nationalist movement. The investigation continues, said Rakel Dink....
--more--"Globe never followed up on the event or I'd have logged and posted it.
As a long time consumer of the product, I can safely say it seems more of a pattern than an oversight.
