Table of Contents



Preface by Jose Ramos-Horta
Preface by Kathryn Cameron Porter
Preface by Lord Eric Avebury
Leyla Zana at a Glance
Kurds and Kurdistan at a Glance
Support for Leyla Zana in the U.S. Congress
An Urgent Appeal to the President of the United States
Special Order address by U.S. Representative Frank Pallone, May 1,1997
Special Order address by U.S. Representative Bob Filner, May 1, 1997


Leyla Zana In Her Own Words:

The Testimony of Ahmet Turk and Leyla Zana
Before the Helsinki Commission of the United States Congress, May 17, 1993

Kurdish Cry of Protest Rises From Prison Cell,
by Leyla Zana, September 7, 1994

On Trial for Being a Kurd,
by Leyla Zana, December 5, 1994

Presentation of the 1995 Sakharov Freedom Award to Leyla Zana:
Address by the President of the European Parliament,
Dr. Klaus Hansch, January 17, 1996

Acceptance Speech by Leyla Zana, January 17, 1996

Commentaries:
From Weakness to Resistance: A Portrait of Leyla Zana,
by the Kurdistan Information Center, July 1995

Free Leyla Zana!,
by Kani Xulam, July 12, 1994

Remembering Leyla Zana,
by the American Kurdish Information Network, December 5, 1996

Champion of Kurdish liberties remains in jail,
by Noah Weiss, April 6, 1997



Support for Leyla Zana in Europe:
Women Parliamentarians Support Leyla Zana, July 6, 1995
Letter to Members of the European Parliament from Danielle Mitterand, December 1995
Peace in Kurdistan Press Release, March 1997
Peace in Kurdistan Press Release, April 1997


The Trial of Leyla Zana, December 1994:
The Indictment of LeylaZana
The Defense of Leyla Zana


Acknowledgments