Tag: Hampig Sassounian

  • US court denies parole request for murderer of Turkish envoy

    US court denies parole request for murderer of Turkish envoy

    ANKARA

    A U.S. court has denied a parole request of a Lebanese-Armenian convict who murdered a Turkish diplomat in the 1980s.

    The California Board of Parole Hearings on June 29 denied Hampig ‘Harry’ Sassounian’s request for release on parole from San Quentin State Prison, where his is serving a life sentence for the 1982 murder of Los Angeles Consul General Kemal Arıkan.

    The board’s decision came on the grounds that Sassounian “constitutes a security risk,” according to lawyer Günay Evinç, the co-chairman of the Turkish American National Steering Committee (TASC).

    TASC had previously launched a petition campaign, urging the denial of Sassounian’s request for conditional release.

    Over 1,000 letters were sent to the board concerning the petition. The letters played a role in the court’s decision, according to Evinç.

    On Jan. 28, 1982, Sassounian assassinated Arıkan as the consul general sat in his car at an intersection on Los Angeles, waiting at a traffic signal.

    Sassounian belonged to the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA), which operated from the beginning of the 1970s until the 1990s and targeted Turkish diplomats in the United States and European countries.

    Four similar parole requests were denied in 2006, 2010, 2013 and 2015. Nevertheless, in 2016, his request for conditional release was granted by a court in Los Angeles. Later, the decision was overturned by Jerry Brown, the governor of California.

    The Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) terrorist group killed 31 Turkish diplomats across the world between 1973 and 1986. The assassinations took place in the United States, Austria, France, Italy, Spain, Lebanon, Greece, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Canada, Portugal, Iran and the United Kingdom.

  • Urge California Governor Jerry Brown to Deny Parole to Terrorist Hampig Sassounian

    Urge California Governor Jerry Brown to Deny Parole to Terrorist Hampig Sassounian

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    DR. KAYAALP BUYUKATAMAN, BASKAN

    TURKISH FORUM – DUNYA TURKLERI BIRLIGI

    From: ATAA Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2016 10:57 AM
    To: kbuyukataman@gmail.com
    Subject: ACTION ALERT: Urge California Governor Jerry Brown to Deny Parole to Terrorist Hampig Sassounian

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    ACTION ALERT December 21, 2016 / No:61
    Assembly of Turkish American Associations

    ACTION ALERT

    Urge California Governor Jerry Brown

    to Deny Parole to Terrorist Hampig Sassounian

     

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    Dear Turkish American Community and Friends of Turkey:

    On December 14, the California Department of Corrections Parole Board found inmate Hampig Sassounian, # C88440 suitable for parole. Hampig Sassounian was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment for the heinous assassination of Turkish Consul General Kemal Arikan on January 28, 1982, as Mr. Arikan was in his car waiting at a traffic signal. Sassounian shot Mr. Arikan 14 times in the chest and head. The Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide (JCAG), the militant wing of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) claimed responsibility.

    Sassounian entered prison on June 29, 1984. He is at San Quentin Prison, which is a maximum security facility where notable assassins have been inmates, such as Sirhan Sirhan, who assassinated Robert F. Kennedy and Jang In-hwan, who assassinated American diplomat Durham Stevens. Sassounian’s previous parole requests had been denied because of his violent extremism in advocating the Armenian allegation of genocide, which poses a public safety risk.

    Under California law, Governor Brown has the ability to stop Sassounian’s release on parole.

    Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA) is urging all Turkish Americans and friends of Turkey to send letters, faxes, and emails to Governor Brown in order to urge him to stop the parole.

    Please communicate to Governor Brown and his Staff today and get your voice heard!

    Governor Jerry Brown

    Phone: 916-445-2841
    Fax: (916) 558-3160

    Email: jerry.brown
    Web contact:

    Executive Secretary Nancy McFadden
    Email: nancy.mcfadden

    Legal Counsel Peter Krause
    Email: Peter.Krause

    1- Sample Letter

    2- ATAA Report on Armenian Terrorism and JCAG Terrorist Hampig Sassounian
    3- CIA, FOIA act file: Armenian Terrorism Report

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