List of honorary citizens of Paris

Among the recipients of the honorary citizenship of Paris (French: citoyen d'honneur de Paris) are:

• Íngrid Betancourt - a Colombian politician who was kidnapped in 2001.
• Gilad Shalit - an Israeli soldier who was kidnapped in 2006 by Palestinian militants and held by Hamas.^[1]
• Mumia Abu-Jamal - an 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 - a chief of the Kayapo people, which live in the Amazon rainforest on the territory of Brazil.
• Aung San Suu Kyi - A 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 - a French satirical weekly newspaper, whose employees were killed during the Islamist terrorist attack on 7 January 2015.^[4]

References

1. Blum, Michael (December 18, 2008). "Paris gives Schalit honorary citizenship". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved June 7, 2009.
2. Ceïbe, Cathy (November 13, 2006). "USA Sues Paris: From Death Row, Mumia Stirs Up More Controversy". Patrick Bolland (trans.). L'Humanité. Retrieved June 7, 2009.
3. "Paris opens door to exiled writer Taslima Nasreen" The Telegraph (London), 4 January 2009
4. Heneghan, Tom (January 9, 2015). "Paris makes Charlie Hebdo 'honorary citizen', support pours in". Reuters. Retrieved January 10, 2015.

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