Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Kurdish shopkeeper released on bail; two former political prisoners remain jailed

Kurdish shopkeeper Zahed Khaledian has been released on bail, while activist Parvin Adwai has been moved from solitary confinement to an ordinary ward and former political prisoner Afshin Hossein-Panahi has been transferred to prison after initial interrogation, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Khaledian, who was arrested in connection with the general strike in protest at the death sentences handed down to Kurdish...

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