Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Teenager detained over ‘membership of a Kurdish opposition party’

Zhina Hassani-Moghaddam, a 16-year-old teenager, has been transferred from the detention centre of the Ministry of Intelligence in Sanandaj to the Juvenile Detention Centre of the city. Security forces had arrested Hassani-Moghaddam, who comes from Saqqez, Kurdistan province, on 18 June, accusing her of joining a Kurdish opposition party. A source that spoke to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) said: “Zhina Hassani-Moghaddam, who had previously...

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