2008-08-11

Suède : assassinat d'un chercheur du génocide assyrien



15-12-2007


http://www.collectifvan.org/article.php?r=0&id=14409

Info Collectif VAN - www.collectifvan.org - Le Collectif VAN vous soumet cette nouvelle inquiétante : Le 11 décembre 2007 vers 15h30, l'universitaire assyrien Fuat Deniz a été mortellement blessé à l'Université de Örebro en Suède. Il a été attaqué par derrière et poignardé dans le cou par un assaillant inconnu. Sa mort a été annoncée le 12 décembre par l'Hôpital de l'Université de Örebro. Ses recherches portaient sur le massacre des minorités chrétiennes en Turquie en 1915 et spécialement sur le génocide assyrien. Fuat Deniz devait publier son deuxième livre sur le sujet.

L'équivalent suédois du FBI, la police de la sécurité suédoise (SÄPO), a annoncé qu'elle examinait ce cas car l'attaque pourrait avoir un motif politique. Le SÄPO a noté que M. Fuat Deniz a consacré une grande partie de sa recherche à l'identité assyrienne et au génocide des Assyriens par les Turcs. Sa thèse de doctorat portait sur : "l'Odyssée d'une Minorité : l'Exemple assyrien".
Le Dr. Fuat devait participer à une conférence internationale sur l'identité assyrienne et le génocide assyrien commis par la Turquie, le vendredi 14 Décembre à l'Université de Leiden en Hollande.

Il est donc plus que probable que son assassinat soit lié à ses recherches historiques.

Nous terminions notre Tribune Libre publiée dans le magazine France-Arménie N°307 en date du 1er décembre 2007, par ces mots :
"Faudra-t-il attendre que l’ultra-nationalisme turc tue en Europe ou aux USA pour que nos gouvernements s’en inquiètent ?"

Le 19 janvier 2007, Hrant Dink, journaliste arménien de Turquie, a été abattu à Istanbul.

Il n'aura même pas fallu attendre le premier anniversaire de son assassinat pour voir l'exportation de cette violence extrême en Europe.

A lire et à méditer :

Observatoire du Négationnisme d’Etat de la Turquie


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Assyrian Professor Dies From Stab Wound


Posted GMT 12-13-2007 19:58:25

Örebro, Sweden (AINA) -- Dr. Fuat Deniz, a renowned lecturer and Ph.D researcher in the field of sociology at Örebro University, was pronounced dead today by Örebro University Hospital; Dr. Deniz was stabbed in the neck by an unknown assailant on Tuesday. The murder of a teacher during day time and in his own workplace has shocked the community in Örebro, a mid size Swedish town. There are no witnesses to the stabbing and no suspect yet. Police are working to secure forensic evidence, survey the victim's daily routine and his circle of acquaintances.

Sweden's equivalent to the FBI, the Swedish security police (SÄPO), have announced they are looking into this case because the attack could have a political motive. SÄPO noted that Mr. Fuat Deniz dedicated much of his research to Assyrian identity and the Turkish genocide of Assyrians. His masters thesis, A Minority's Odyssey: the Assyrian Example, was praised for its way of describing developments in social identities among Assyrians.

The Swedish research and university minister, Lars Leijonborg, participated in the commemoration ceremony held in Örebro on Thursday, expressing his sorrow for the loss of a promising teacher and researcher. "Dr. Fuat Deniz and his family came to our country to escape violence and assaults. It is a terrible tragedy that this has happened to him. He was not only a national hero for Assyrians but a role model for many in our society," said the minister with tearful eyes.

The Swedish flag in front of the Örebro University was flown at half mast and hundreds of students at the university were present during the ceremony. It was revealed that Dr. Fuat was to receive the universities' "good educator" award next week. He was admired among colleagues and students, who chose him as their favorite for the award.

Dr. Fuat was to participate in an international conference on Assyrian identity and the Turkish Assyrian genocide at the University of Leiden in Holland on Friday 14 December.

Abboud Ado, vice chairman of the Assyrian federation of Sweden, expressed his feelings of sorrow and announced that all Assyrian associations in Sweden have been instructed to place a picture of Dr. Deniz and open their doors for people who want to share their grief. The Syriac Orthodox bishop of Scandinavia, Ablahad Gallo Shabo, said his death is an immense loss for Sweden and the Assyrians.

Dr. Fuats daughter celebrated her third birthday last Monday.

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