Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Detention of Kurdish activist extended, access to legal counsel still denied

The detention of Fardin (Ako) Sheikhol-Eslami, a Kurdish civil rights activist from Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, has been extended by one month, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Sheikhol-Eslami, who was originally arrested by security forces in Sanandaj on 2 October, has remained in detention without access to family visits or legal counsel. The activist and his wife, Fariba Moradian, were arrested without a warrant...

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