CONTENTS
Foreword by Elena Bonner / vii Foreword by Betty Williams / xi Nominating Leyla Zana for the Nobel Peace Prize by U.S. Rep. John Edward Porter / xiii Letter from French President Francois Mitterrand /xv Preface to the French edition by Claudia Roth / xvii About Leyla Zana / xxiii
Articles Speaking Out /1 Let Us Defend Diversity / 8 For Taslima Nasrin /11 Facing the Death Penalty in Ankara for My Beliefs / 14 On Trial for Being a Kurd /20 Before the Turkish Inquisition /24
Letters Letter to Danielle Mitterrand /37 Letter to Danielle Mitterrand / 40 Letter to Ségolène Royale / 43 Letter to My Daughter, Ruken 45 Letter to My Son, Ronay / 47 Message to the Jury of the Norwegian Raftos Prize for Human Rights /49 Letter to Kendal Nezan /50 Letter to Antoinette Fouque / 56 Letter to Pauline Green / 59 Letter to Miguel Angel Martinez / 6o Letter to Sylvie Jan / 67 Letter to Francois Mitterrand / 68 Message to the World Conference on Women in Beijing /70 Message on Being Awarded the International Peace Prize of Aix-la-Chapelle / 73 Letter to Gro Harlem Brundtland / Message to the European Parliament on Being Awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought / 8o On the Occasion of Nevruz / 88
Appendices: A: The Colours of Their Clothes, Amnesty International Report/91 B: US Congressional Appeals on Behalf of Leyla Zana /108 Bibliography for Further Reading /112 Map / 115
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