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Zeynep Kuray

1978

Nationality
Turkey
Occupation
journalist

Zeynep Kuray (born 1978) is a Kurdish journalist.

Incarceration history

Facilities

  1. Bakırköy Women's Prison
    Dates unknown

Biography

Zeynep Kuray (born 1978) is a Kurdish journalist. As of 2015, she wrote for BirGün and the Firat News Agency (ANF). She was kept under arrest between December 2011 and April 2013 as a part of the KCK investigation and is a recipient of the John Aubuchon Award for Press Freedom.

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