Abdullah Öcalan: founder and longtime leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Abdullah Öcalan Abdullah Öcalan (born 1949) is the founding leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Imprisoned since 1999, his politics shifted from Marxist-Leninist militancy to a theory ca…
Chato Galante (José María Galante Serrano): Spanish activist and political prisoner Chato Galante José María “Chato” Galante (1948–2020) was a Spanish political prisoner under Franco who later campaigned for human rights and historical memory, gave testimony about torture and a…
