Security forces arrested civil rights activist and Kurdish language instructor Simko Yousefi in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, today, taking him to an undisclosed location.
The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the security forces arrested Yousefi without a warrant after raiding his home in the Mirabad neighbourhood of Bukan in the early hours of the morning.
During the raid, members of Yousefi’s family were subjected to insults, and several personal items, including mobile phones, were confiscated.
No information has yet emerged regarding the activist’s place of detention or the charges against him.
Yousefi has recently been active as a Kurdish language teacher at the Adab Institute in Bukan and Miandoab, both in West Azerbaijan Province.
