A Sakharov Prize for Kurdish women
"Leyla Zana was the first in a long line of Kurdish women jailed by
the Turkish state for their involvement in the Kurdish political
struggle for justice and equality, in the early 1990s, after she
spoke Kurdish when she took her parliamentary oath,...
5 Minuten
Podcast
Podcaster
Medya News aims to bring you authentic voices and real truthful stories from the Middle East with a particular focus on the Kurdish Question that is often ignored, self censored or suppressed by the main stream media platforms.
Beschreibung
vor 3 Jahren
"Leyla Zana was the first in a long line of Kurdish women jailed by
the Turkish state for their involvement in the Kurdish political
struggle for justice and equality, in the early 1990s, after she
spoke Kurdish when she took her parliamentary oath, wearing a
hairband in the Kurdish colours: green, red and yellow. While she
was deservedly awarded the Sakharov Prize by the European
Parliament in 1995, the women who followed in her footsteps receive
nothing but a deafening silence from Europe."
the Turkish state for their involvement in the Kurdish political
struggle for justice and equality, in the early 1990s, after she
spoke Kurdish when she took her parliamentary oath, wearing a
hairband in the Kurdish colours: green, red and yellow. While she
was deservedly awarded the Sakharov Prize by the European
Parliament in 1995, the women who followed in her footsteps receive
nothing but a deafening silence from Europe."
Weitere Episoden
5 Minuten
vor 8 Monaten
7 Minuten
vor 9 Monaten
7 Minuten
vor 9 Monaten
6 Minuten
vor 9 Monaten
6 Minuten
vor 10 Monaten
In Podcasts werben
Kommentare (0)