List of honorary citizens of Paris
Among the recipients of the honorary citizenship of Paris (French: citoyen d'honneur de Paris) are:
- Íngrid Betancourt - a Colombian politician who was kidnapped in 2001.
- Gilad Shalit - an Israeli soldier who was kidnapped in 2006 by Palestinian militants and held by Hamas.[1]
- Mumia Abu-Jamal - an African-American who was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1981 murder of police officer Daniel Faulkner. Before his arrest he was a Black Panther Party activist and journalist.[2]
- Raoni Metuktire - a chief of the Kayapo people, which live in the Amazon rainforest on the territory of Brazil.
- Aung San Suu Kyi - A Burmese opposition politician and chairperson of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Burma.
- Taslima Nasrin - Bangladeshi author and human rights campaigner.[3]
- Charlie Hebdo - a French satirical weekly newspaper, whose employees were killed during the Islamist terrorist attack on 7 January 2015.[4]
References
- ↑ Blum, Michael (December 18, 2008). "Paris gives Schalit honorary citizenship". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved June 7, 2009.
- ↑ Ceïbe, Cathy (November 13, 2006). "USA Sues Paris: From Death Row, Mumia Stirs Up More Controversy". Patrick Bolland (trans.). L'Humanité. Retrieved June 7, 2009.
- ↑ "Paris opens door to exiled writer Taslima Nasreen" The Telegraph (London), 4 January 2009
- ↑ Heneghan, Tom (January 9, 2015). "Paris makes Charlie Hebdo 'honorary citizen', support pours in". Reuters. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
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