Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Security forces arrest five civilians ahead of uprising anniversary

Security forces arrested Kurdish civilians Hossein Mahmoudpour, Hamzeh Ghanei, Omar Hosseinzadeh, Hedi Abdolbakht, and Najmaddin Eisazadeh in Oshnavieh and Piranshahr in West Azerbaijan Province in recent days, taking them to undisclosed locations. The arrests are part of a recent wave of arrests of Kurdish activists and civilians ahead of the anniversary of the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that...

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