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  • Turkish Intellectual RagıP Zarakolu To Live In Sweden

    TURKISH INTELLECTUAL RAGıP ZARAKOLU TO LIVE IN SWEDEN

    10:41, 15 January, 2014

    YEREVAN, JANUARY 15, ARMENPRESS: The Turkish intellectual and human
    rights defender Ragip Zarakolu, who recognized the Armenian Genocide
    and wrote tens of books on the issue, will live for two years in the
    city of Sigtuna, Sweden. Armenpress reports that the Kurdish Firat
    agency informed about it. The press release, spread by the Sigtuna
    Municipality, says that Zarakolu will be received as a guest by
    the offer of the International Cities of Refuge Network and the PEN
    international organizations, already agreed with the human rights
    defender.

    The statement reminds that after the military intervention in 1971
    in Turkey, Zarakolu was imprisoned for having "secret ties" with the
    Amnesty International organization and was taken to court for about 40
    times for publishing books related to the Armenian Genocide and other
    minorities. Besides, in October 2011 in the framework of the events
    organized against the Kurdish Communities Union in Istanbul, Zarakolu
    was arrested and was released only in seven months. Notwithstanding
    the difficulties, Zarakolu continues living in Turkey.

    http://armenpress.am/eng/news/746225/turkish-intellectual-rag%C4%B1p-zarakolu-to-live-in-sweden.html

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