The MP from banned in 1994 pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party Leyla Zana is sentenced to 3-years’ imprisonment on a charge of “propaganda about terrorist organization Kurdistan Workers’ Party.”

Zana and her lawyer did not attend the closing court session of Diyarbakir 5th High Criminal Court, when the verdict was read out.

Earlier, in April 2008 she was sentenced to 2-years imprisonment by Turkish authorities for allegedly “spreading terrorist propaganda” by saying “Kurds have three leaders namely Massoud Barzani, Celal Talebani and Abdullah Ocalan.”

Thereafter, in December 2008, Zana was sentenced to 10 more years by the Turkish court, saying she violated Turkish Penal code and Turkish anti-terror law in 9 different speeches.

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