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JAILED PUBLISHER ZARAKOLU UP FOR NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
Hurriyet Daily News
Feb 3 2012
Swedish MPs have applied to the Nobel Peace Committee to nominate
jailed publisher Ragıp Zarakolu for the peace prize, daily Radikal
reported today.
The MPs said Zarakolu was a symbol for the freedom of press, as well
as a defender of human rights.
The application further mentioned the books Zarakolu had published
on the Armenian and Kurdish issues, as well as Islam, and said his
efforts, for which he was jailed, contributed to bringing cultures
together.
Zarakolu is also a member of the Turkish PEN Center, as well as a
recipient of numerous prestigious international awards.
He was arrested on Nov. 1, 2011, alongside prominent academic BüÅ~_ra
Ersanlı and dozens of other suspects upon the order of an Istanbul
court over his alleged links with the KCK, the alleged urban wing of
the outlawed Kurdistan Workersâ~@~Y Party (PKK).
Hurriyet Daily News
Feb 3 2012
Swedish MPs have applied to the Nobel Peace Committee to nominate
jailed publisher Ragıp Zarakolu for the peace prize, daily Radikal
reported today.
The MPs said Zarakolu was a symbol for the freedom of press, as well
as a defender of human rights.
The application further mentioned the books Zarakolu had published
on the Armenian and Kurdish issues, as well as Islam, and said his
efforts, for which he was jailed, contributed to bringing cultures
together.
Zarakolu is also a member of the Turkish PEN Center, as well as a
recipient of numerous prestigious international awards.
He was arrested on Nov. 1, 2011, alongside prominent academic BüÅ~_ra
Ersanlı and dozens of other suspects upon the order of an Istanbul
court over his alleged links with the KCK, the alleged urban wing of
the outlawed Kurdistan Workersâ~@~Y Party (PKK).