Detention of a Kurdish citizen in Naqadeh

11:53 - 7 September 2020

 On Monday, August 31, a Kurdish citizen named "Bayazid Ghaderi Chopan", a resident of Naghadeh, from the village of "Sanjeleh" in the Lajan district of Piranshahr, was arrested by security forces.

 According to an informed source, security forces raided the citizen's private home and arrested him after searching his home without any court order.

 The informed source added: This citizen had called his family only once during his detention and the security forces forced him to speak to his family in Persian.

 The informed source stated: The family of this Kurdish citizen is unaware of his fate in detention.

 No information is available on the reason for the arrest and the charges against the Kurdish citizen.