A court in Diyabakır has sentenced Kurdish politician Leyla Zana to 1 year and 3 months imprisonment for allegedly spreading PKK propaganda in a speech made at a seminar at London’s SOAS University on 24 May 2008.
Posted in Activism, Democratic Society Party, Discrimination, Free speech, General, Kurdistan, Leyla Zana, Political Prisoners, Prisoners of Conscience, Suppression, Trials, Turkey, Women | Leave a commentBia news centre (bianet.org) – Istanbul: A campaign to free Kurdish politician Leyla Zana has been started by rights activists, among them writers Bilgesu Erenus, Murathan Mungan, Seyhmus Diken and Ragip Zarakolu, human rights activists Hurriyet Sener, Esber Yagmurdereli and …
Posted in Activism, Censorship, Discrimination, Free speech, Leyla Zana, Political Prisoners, Prisoners of Conscience, Turkey | Leave a commentLeyla Zana is an outspoken critic of Turkey’s evident discrimination against the Kurdish minority. She has been fighting for Kurdish human rights for many years and was previously imprisoned for 10 years, a harsh price for her peaceful activism. The …
Posted in Activism, Discrimination, Leyla Zana, Turkey, Women | Tagged Leyla Zana, Turkey | Leave a commentThomas Seibert reports on the pending trial against the main Kurdish political party in Turkey, the Democratic Society Party (DTP). The DTP is the just the latest Kurdish party of several that have had to face the threat of closure …
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