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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
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