Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Kurdish civilian imprisoned to serve jail term in Bukan

Kurdish civilian Ali Zolfi was sent to prison yesterday in Bukan, West Azerbaijan province, to serve a sentence of four months and 10 days in jail. In July, Branch 101 of the Criminal Court of Bukan sentenced Zolfi on charges of “propaganda against the state”. On 19 January, security forces arrested the Kurdish civilian at his hometown Bukan. They then transferred him to the detention centre of...

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