Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Kurdish artists detained after memorial for late artist Taher Khalili

Security services in Sardasht and Oshnavieh in West Azerbaijan Province have summoned and detained some Kurdish artists who held a memorial ceremony for the Kurdish artist and political activist Taher Khalili, who recently passed away in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The event, held in a private garden in Sardasht, paid tribute to Khalili by performing one of his revolutionary songs. Following the widespread circulation of...

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