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Swedish MP about suing Erdogan: No lessons seems to have been learnt from the past

July 13, 2017 by administrator

YEREVAN. – The legal complaint filed by Swedish lawmakers against Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is based on the report from the high representative for human rights in the UN and their report for what happened 2015-2016, as well as internal human rights organizations in Turkey, Swedish MP Carl Schlyter said.

Swedish lawmakers are accusing Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crime. It is said that the suit relates to the conflict in Turkey’s Kurdish majority south-east.

“Our complaint is based on the reports regardless of the affected ethnic groups, however the most frequent reports during this time was targeting the Kurds,” he said in an e-mailed response to Armenian News-NEWS.am inquiry.

“Regarding the historic genocide targeting mainly Armenians, Turkey must abolish its current denial laws and to gain respect internationally admit the truth,” MP said.

Another imitator of the legal complaint, Riksdag member Annika Lillemets also said she supports Armenian Genocide recognition.

“Regarding your last question about the Armenian Genocide, I would like to refer to the decision by the Swedish Parliament 11 March 2010, acknowledging it as a genocide. We fully support that decision,” she said in an e-mailed letter.

Back in March 2010 majority of Swedish parliament voted in favor of resolution describing the mass killings of Armenians and other Christian minorities in modern Turkey by the end of World War I as genocide. Motion passed the vote after heated debates with 131 votes against 130.

“It needs to reconcile and reflect in order to be able to establish working relations with its neighbors and to make sure the thought of repeating it never returns. That is why we are worried today, no lessons seems to have been learnt from the past,” Mr. Schlyter added.

“Armenian and Swedish Dads” photo exhibition opens at Yerevan subway station

June 23, 2017 by administrator

YEREVAN. – A photo exhibition, entitled “Armenian and Swedish Dads,” opened Friday at a subway station in Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia.

The objective of this event is to depict fathers’ image not solely as the traditional providers of the livelihood of families, but to show their care and attention toward their children, and other manifestations of fatherhood.

The photo exhibition will run until July 8, at the Republic Square subway station in downtown Yerevan.

The Swedish embassy in Yerevan is a supporter of this event.

News-Update: Terrorist State of Turkey: Police arrest two Swedish journalists

November 19, 2016 by administrator

In this file photo, Turkish police arrest an employee of Kanalturk television in Istanbul as part of the government’s crackdown on media outlets. (Photo by AFP)

Turkish police have arrested two Swedish journalists in the country’s southeastern province of Diyarbakir as the Ankara government presses ahead with a large-scale crackdown following the abortive mid-July coup.

The pair were arrested on Saturday after they filmed near a military zone in the province, situated 676 kilometers east of the capital, Ankara. They were identified only by their initials as LNB and RAS, Turkey’s private Dogan news agency reported.

The two were subsequently referred to the foreigners’ department following interrogation, and are awaiting deportation.

The development came nearly a week after Turkish authorities expelled a French reporter for the Paris-based Les Jours news website.

Olivier Bertrand was detained along with a Turkish photographer in the city of Gaziantep, situated 685 kilometers southeast of Ankara, on November 11. The photographer was later released, but Bertrand was kept in custody and his phone and laptop computer were confiscated.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault described the detention as “deeply shocking and unacceptable.”

Turkey’s repressive measures against journalists following the July 15 botched putsch have been widely condemned by European officials and various rights groups.

The European Union foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, said on November 8 that the 28-member bloc was “gravely concerned” about the situation of press freedom in Turkey.

Turkish officials say over 240 people were killed and more than 2,100 others injured in the wake of post-coup violence.

Tens of thousands of people, including military personnel, judges and teachers, have also been suspended, dismissed or detained as part of the massive crackdown.

Turkey accuses US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen of masterminding the coup attempt. Gulen has denied the allegation.

Source: presstv.com

Istanbul the crime capital of the world another visitor “Swedish woman shot dead in Istanbul”

May 25, 2015 by administrator

A Swedish woman has been shot dead in a random shooting by a gunman who had been denied entry into a bar in Istanbul.

Maggie Bogda, a Swedish hairdresser who was visiting Istanbul with her friends, was shot dead by a gunman who randomly shot her in the head after he was not allowed to enter a bar in Istanbul on May 24. Report hurriyetdailynews

The victim was smoking outside the bar when she was fatally shot in the head by the perpetrator.

Bogda went to the bar located in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul on May 24 with her friends to spend the night.

She was outside the entrance of the bar smoking with a friend when the bar’s doormen stopped two men from entering. The two men then fired random shots in the air from their car as they passed the bar and one of the bullets hit the woman in the head.

The two men sped away after the shooting.

The police have identified who fired the lethal shot after collecting eyewitness testimonies and security camera recordings of the bar and are searching for the two men.

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