Thursday, May 15, 2008

TURKEY: SUSPECTS ALL DENY KILLING IN MALATYA MURDERS

All five culprits arrested last spring for the savage murder of three Christians in eastern Turkey have proclaimed their innocence, declaring they did not personally kill any of the victims.

In their court testimonies completed Monday (May 12) at the sixth hearing before Malatya’s Third Criminal Court, the five young Turkish men have defended themselves by blaming each other for the killings.

All have insisted that they had not planned to murder anyone and that no individuals or group instigated their raid on the Zirve Publishing Co. office in Malatya on April 18, 2007.

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Anonymous said...

The Christian community in Iraq currently faces possible extinction as a result of religious persecution and ongoing national instability. Men, women and children are not just caught in the crossfire; they are targeted by Islamic extremists because of their Christian faith. As a result of persecution, approximately 400,000 of Iraqi Christians have fled the country since 2003. Most of those who remain in Iraq are internally displaced.



Working to turn the tide, Christian Solidarity International, with the support of many other organizations, launched Save Iraqi Christians—a movement advocating for greater action against the crisis facing Christians in Iraq.



With your help, Save Iraqi Christians can be a powerful catalyst to ensure displaced Christians and other non-Muslim minorities are able to return to their homeland and live and practice their faith in peace. You can help put an end to the persecution of Christians and other religious minorities by:

Encouraging your blog readers to lobby U.S. government leaders and the United Nations to take action
Linking to a petition http://www.helpiraqichristians.com/pages.asp?pageid=70865 that encourages the U.S. government and United Nations to act
Devoting a post to the topic of religious persecution in Iraq and the movement to Save Iraqi Christians
Promoting the petition and the cause through your other online forums such as a Facebook. (Please join our Facebook group called “Save Iraqi Christians”)

Please let me know if there is any additional information I can provide you in order to help expose the situation of Christians and other religious minorities in Iraq.

Thanks,


On behalf of Christian Solidarity International

http://www.helpiraqichristians.com