Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Bedbug outbreak ignites protests in Sanandaj juvenile detention centre

Over the past two weeks, a bedbug infestation in the women's ward of the Juvenile Detention Centre of Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, has led to protests by inmates, but the prison authorities have yet to respond. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that 56 prisoners are currently being held in four rooms in the women's section of the facility. There have been reports of poor...

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