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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9805

17 December 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/sakharov prize

16/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - As the Parliament is preparing to award the Sakharov Prize, a number of MEPs have raised questions about the fate of former prizewinners. What, for example, has happened to Leyla Zana, the 1996 prizewinner, it was asked during the one-minute speeches. Imprisoned then released, she was again imprisoned for six years because of her action in defence of the rights of the Kurds in Turkey. MEPs, who are concerned, call for a protest to be made to the Turkish...

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