Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Security forces arrest Kurdish civilian, seal shop in Kamyaran

Kurdish civilian Feyzollah Shadi was arrested by security forces at his workplace in Kamyaran, Kurdistan Province, on 14 July and released 24 hours later, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. The arrest was reportedly due to Shadi's use of the word "martyr" for his uncle in the obituary of his grandmother, Masoumeh Doroudi. Osman Shafiei, Shadi's uncle, was a member of the Democratic Party...

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