Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Security services threaten Kurdish activists against Women’s Day gatherings

Several women's rights and labour activists in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, have been summoned and threatened by security services ahead of International Women's Day. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that three women's rights activists - Bahar Zangiband, Simin Chaychi and Sorayya Khedri - were summoned for questioning by the Intelligence Branch of the Law Enforcement Forces on 6 March. They were interrogated about their...

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