A
female lawyer and human rights activist from Turkey Ms Eren Keskin now a
refugee in Manus Island, Papua New Guinea (PNG) was shortlisted for the finals
into the 2019 Martin Ennals Human Rights Award.
Ten (10) leading human rights organizations around the
world have chosen Eren Keskin together with two (2) others from Colombia and
Sudan respectively, who are also refugees in Manus, PNG for being human rights
defenders.
Keskin was imprisoned in August 2016 as part of a
national sweep one month after an attempted coup against the President of
Turkey. She was the editor-in-chief of a newspaper that dealt with Kurdish
issues. She was held responsible for many of the published articles and was
given a 12-one-half-year sentence which is currently under appeal.
Keskin has worked on women’s issues – everything from sexual assault in prison (created an organization), on LGBTI issues, Kurdish issues and Armenian genocide. These four issues have been her priorities since 1996.
She is the vice-president of the Turkish Human Rights Association and a former president of its Istanbul branch. Keskin was born in April 24, 1959 (age 59 years) with Turkish nationally. The award honors Martin Ennals, Amnesty International’s
secretary-general from 1968 to 1980. - Via
Garamut News.
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