Among the recipients of the honorary citizenship of Paris (French: citoyen d'honneur de Paris) are:
- Íngrid Betancourt - Colombian politician who was kidnapped in 2001.
- Gilad Shalit - Israeli soldier who was kidnapped in 2006 by Palestinian militants and held by Hamas.[1]
- Mumia Abu-Jamal - 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 - chief of the Kayapo people, which live in the Amazon rainforest on the territory of Brazil.
- Aung San Suu Kyi - 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 - French satirical weekly newspaper, whose employees were killed during the Islamist terrorist attack on 7 January 2015.[4]
- Oleg Sentsov - Ukrainian filmmaker who is serving a 20-year prison sentence in Russia since 2015.[5]
- Winston Churchill - British prime minister during WWII (received the honour 12 November 1944)[6]
- Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva - President of Brazil 2003 - 2010, 2023-present.[7]
References
edit- ^ Blum, Michael (December 18, 2008). "Paris gives Schalit honorary citizenship". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved June 7, 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Ceïbe, Cathy (November 13, 2006). "USA Sues Paris: From Death Row, Mumia Stirs Up More Controversy". L'Humanité. Patrick Bolland (trans.). 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.
- ^ Sentsov becomes honorary citizen of Paris, Interfax-Ukraine (24 September 2018)
- ^ Gilbert, Martin (6 April 2015). Winston S. Churchill: Road to Victory, 1941–1945. ISBN 9780795344664.
- ^ Nikolaeva, Maya (March 2, 2020). "Paris makes former Brazil president Lula an honorary citizen". Reuters. Retrieved March 2, 2020.