Turkish famous human rights advocate and head of the Belge publishing house Ragip Zarakolu, currently in prison, was granted the Assyrian Cultural Reward by the Assyrian Culture Centre in Stockholm, Sweden. 

The awarding ceremony took place on Tuesday, Suriyaniler.com reports.

Zarakolu was arrested for allegedly being a member of KCK (Kurdish PKK institution). The court demands 10 years of imprisonment accusing him of ‘being a member of a terrorist organization’.

The Belge house has published numerous books on the Armenian Genocide, while Zarakolu visited Armenia last February.