To be fair to him, this was not what Behrouz Boochani wanted to do when he was growing up in Kurdistan, Iran. But that is pretty much what he is doing right now imprisoned as he is on Manus Island—about 2,000 miles away from the land of his ambitious preoccupation....
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The Leyla Zana Case
Saturday, October 25, 1997 Page A18 The Washington Post EFFORTS TO TAKE political advantage of political prisoners are an old ...
House of Lords Debates Turkey’s Human Rights Record
July 18, 1997 Lord Avebury asked Her Majesty's Government: What reports they have received about the state of human rights in...
Television Nation
Article by Nick Ryan 18 July 1997 Turkey Police raids and punishment beatings can't stop MED-TV providing Kurdistan with a...
The Follies of the Kurds
By Kani Xulam June 17, 1997 I looked forward to reading Jonathan C. Randal's newest book, After Such Knowledge, What...
Jose Ramos Horta, Nobel Peace Laureate, Speaks for Leyla Zana’s Freedom
Wednesday, May 28, 1997 Washington, DC Jose Ramos Horta 1996 Nobel Peace Prize Co-Laureate Free Leyla Zana Reception The honor...
Northern Iraq: Turkish Incursion
The following is an extract from the House of Lords Official Report for May 22, 1997 From Lord Avebury Tel +44171 274 4617 Fax...
The Suffering of the Kurds
By Kani Xulam March 8, 1997 Historians tell us that when some of the persecuted Jews of Europe fled for the relative safety of...