German police briefly detain Kurdish artist protesting destruction of Hasankeyf (Ahval, 13 July 2019) | Index on Censorship

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German police briefly detain Kurdish artist protesting destruction of Hasankeyf (Ahval, 13 July 2019)

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Jul 13, 2019

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Arts award-winning Zehra Doğan. (Photo: Elina Kansikas for Index on Censorship)

German police on Saturday briefly detained Kurdish artist and journalist Zehra Doğan following a protest she led against the destruction of a historic town in Turkey’s southeast. Doğan was detained along with three French nationals in front of Pergamon Museum in Berlin, opposition newspaper Yeni Yaşam reported on Saturday. Read the article in full.

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