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Behrouz Boochani

1983 - Today

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Behrouz Boochani (Persian: بهروز بوچانی; born 23 July 1983) is a Kurdish-Iranian journalist, human rights defender, writer and film producer living in New Zealand. He was held in the Australian-run Manus Island detention centre in Papua New Guinea from 2013 until its closure in 2017. He remained on the island before being moved to Port Moresby along with the other detainees around September 2019. On 14 November 2019 he arrived in Christchurch on a one-month visa, to speak at a special event organised by WORD Christchurch on 29 November, as well as other speaking events. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Behrouz Boochani is the 794th most popular social activist (down from 780th in 2019), the 549th most popular biography from Iran (up from 567th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Iranian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Behrouz Boochani ranks 794 out of 840. Before him are Luisa Neubauer, Yelena Grigoryeva, Maryam al-Khawaja, Frances Haugen, Emma González, and Cenk Uygur. After him are Nathan Law, Xiye Bastida, Chen Qiushi, Kayla Mueller, Hande Kader, and Alexandria Villaseñor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Behrouz Boochani ranks 964. Before him are David Ayrapetyan, Sergei Kornilenko, Radoslav Velikov, Florence Faivre, Christophe Willem, and Choi Sung-kuk. After him are Andreu Guerao, Vladimir Voskoboinikov, Michael Dawson, Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro, Mounir Obbadi, and Neel Jani.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Behrouz Boochani ranks 549 out of 631. Before him are Ali Gholizadeh (1996), Hossein Kaebi (1985), Nima Nakisa (1975), Hamid Sourian (1985), Ebrahim Mirzapour (1978), and Salima Mazari (1980). After him are Rasoul Khatibi (1978), Salim Ghazi Saeedi (1981), Brwa Nouri (1987), Javad Kazemian (1981), Behdad Salimi (1989), and Alireza Haghighi (1988).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Iran

Among social activists born in Iran, Behrouz Boochani ranks 15. Before him are Mina Ahadi (1956), Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani (1967), Maryam Namazie (1966), Zahra Eshraghi (1964), Reyhaneh Jabbari (1988), and Ruhollah Zam (1978). After him are Execution of Navid Afkari (1993), and Death of Sahar Khodayari (1990).

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