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 Those who ordered Hrant Dink’s assassination escaped the punishment they deserved, Artak Shakaryan, expert of Turkish studies, said in a news conference remarking on Istanbul court verdict.

Turkish court freed on Tuesday 18 suspects in Hrant Dink’s assassination trial, sentenced Yasin Hayal’s to life imprisonment. Another instigator Erhan Tuncel was acquitted of murder charges by the same court. A juvenile court had sentenced Dink’s assassin, Ogun Samast, to 22 years and 10 months in jail last July. He was 17 when the killing took place.

Expert underlined that only the murderer and those having direct connection with the assassination had been jailed, while whose who ordered it were freed.

“Amnesty International has particularly declared that Turkey failed this trial,” Artak Shakaryan said.

According to the expert the worst element in the judgment is that the court hasn’t described the assassination as previously planned, which means that Ogun Samast’s verdict may be revised.