Hamid Chapati, a Kurdish civil rights activist from Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, was arrested on 16 October 2024 after being summoned by the city’s Public Security Police.

The police initially raided the activist’s family home without presenting a court order and searched the property. When it was found that the activist was not at home, the public security police called him and asked him to report to the Public Security Police.

Chapati was summoned by telephone and arrested without a warrant.

After being held for a few hours and formally charged with “propaganda against the state” and “disturbing public opinion”, Chapati was provisionally released from the Public Security Police detention centre in Orymiyeh on a bail of 60 billion rials (nearly 90,000 USD).