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Leyla Zana
Leyla Zana is a Kurdish politician in Turkey. She was imprisoned for ten years for her political activism, which was deemed by the Turkish courts to be against the unity of the country. She was awarded the 1995 Sakharov Prize by the European Parliament but was unable to collect it until her release in 2004. She was also awarded the Rafto Prize in 1994 after being recognized by the Rafto Foundation…
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culture · Kurdish politician (born 1961) · politician · activist · writer · journalist · also Leyla Zana, Zana
Born 3 May 1961 · Q464689
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2015· 3 entries
bianet: Leyla Zana Begins Parliamentary Oath in Kurdish
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Career landmark: member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (2015–2018).
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2010· 1 entry
bianet: Case against Kurdish Politician Leyla Zana Retried
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2005· 1 entry
EURACTIV: Leyla Zana reaches settlement with Turkey
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2004· 3 entries
Gulf News: Husband of Leyla Zana allowed to walk free
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EURACTIV: Leyla Zana to collect EU's human rights award
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Democracy Now: Kurdish Political Prisoner Leyla Zana Released After a Decade in Jail
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2002· 1 entry
A film named The Back of the World, directed by Spanish-Peruvian filmmaker Javier Corcuera, examined her imprisonment
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2001· 1 entry
The European Court of Human Rights ruled against Turkey after a review of her trial; although Turkey did not recognize the result, in 2003 a new harmonization law permitted retrials based on ECHR decisions
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1998· 1 entry
Her sentence was extended because of a letter she had written that was published in a Kurdish newspaper, which allegedly expressed banned pro-separatist views
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1995· 4 entries
Awarded Sakharov Prize (1995).
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Awarded Bruno Kreisky Award for Services to Human Rights (1995).
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Was also recognized as a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International
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Bruno Kreisky Prize for Services to Human Rights in 1995
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1994· 2 entries
Awarded Rafto Prize (1994).
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After being recognized by the Rafto Foundation for being incarcerated for her peaceful struggle for the human rights of the Kurdish people in Turkey and the neighbouring countries
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1993· 1 entry
Was one of the MPs who visited the relatives of Sincar in Kiziltepe
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1991· 1 entry
Zana was elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey on behalf of the Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP)
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1987· 1 entry
Leyla Zana was arrested for the first time for two months for taking part in a rally against torture
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1977· 1 entry
Until the military coup d'état and a political prisoner after it
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1961· 1 entry
Born 1961-05-03.
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