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List Of Honorary Citizens Of Paris
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. * 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. * 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. * ''Charlie Hebdo'' - French satirical weekly newspaper, whose employees were killed during the Islamist terrorist attack on 7 January 2015. * Oleg Sentsov - Ukrainian filmmaker who is serving a 20-year prison sentenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honorary Citizenship
Honorary citizenship is a status bestowed by a city or other government on a foreign or native individual whom it considers to be especially admirable or otherwise worthy of the distinction. The honour usually is symbolic and does not confer any change to citizenship or nationality. North America By Act of Congress, act of United States Congress and presidential assent, an individual may be named an honorary citizen of the United States. Since 1963, it has been awarded to only eight individuals. Honorary Canadian citizenship requires unanimous approval in both houses of Parliament of Canada, Parliament. The only people to ever receive honorary Canadian citizenship are Raoul Wallenberg posthumously in 1985; Nelson Mandela in 2001; the 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso in 2006; Aung San Suu Kyi in 2007 (revoked in 2018); Aga Khan IV, Prince Karim Aga Khan in 2009; and Malala Yousafzai in 2014. Europe In Germany honorary citizenship is awarded by cities, towns and sometimes feder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
