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Kurdish artist wins press freedom award in London
A KURDISH painter and journalist who was imprisoned in Turkey has won a prestigious award.
Zehra Dogan received the 2019 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Arts Award on Thursday night at the Mayfair Hotel in London.
Her painting of Turkish armoured vehicles devouring civilians landed her in jail after a judge said: “This picture has crossed the line between art and criticism.”
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