"Court sentences Turkish editor for insulting the state
By Vincent Boland in Ankara
Published: October 7 2005 16:35 | Last updated: October 7 2005 16:35
Turkey EUA Turkish court yesterday sentenced the editor of an Armenian-language newspaper in Istanbul to six months in prison after finding him guilty of insulting the state in a series of articles he published last year.
The sentence was announced three days after Turkey began accession negotiations to join the European Union. Olli Rehn, the EU’s enlargement commissioner, said earlier this week that Turkey had to work hard to improve its human rights record."
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