Dehgolan; Detention and Lack of Information on the Fate of Khabat Amiri, Civil Activist and Former Political Prisoner

January 17, 2026; With several days having passed since the arbitrary detention of “Khabat Amiri,” a civil activist and former political prisoner from Dehgolan, a suburb of Sanandaj, no information is available regarding his place of detention and fate.

According to an informed source to “Kurdpa”; “Khabat Amiri,” 40 years old, from “Dehgolan,” was detained in Sanandaj by security forces during recent days, likely on January 14, 2026, without the presentation of a judicial warrant and transferred to an unknown location.

Khabat Amiri, the father of one child and a civil activist, had previously been detained twice by security forces, and in the second case, he served one year of imprisonment.

Until the time of publication of this news, no information is available regarding the reasons for the detention of this Kurdish citizen.