Category: Leyla Zana

Freedom for Leyla Zana Campaign Launched

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Bia 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 …

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Turkey jails Kurdish politician

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Leyla 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 …

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Kurdish party in Turkey faces risk of closure: Political trial moves into key chapter

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Thomas 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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Call To Action: Urge Turkey to abolish article 301

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Urge Turkey to abolish article 301 in which Leyla Zana was indicted under. Amnesty International is extremely concerned with the frequent use of Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code (TPC) to prosecute human rights defenders, journalists and other members …

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EUTCC press release: Kurdish spokesperson Leyla Zana convicted to two years in prison

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European Turkey Civic Commission (EUTCC) April 11, 2008 Leyla Zana, a well know political spokesperson for the Kurds in Turkey has been sentenced to two years imprisonment by a Turkish Court in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir. The court’s judgment …

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