Ayhan Saeed News Today

Authorities in the Iraqi Kurdistan region on Monday also arrested two Kurdish journalists without legal warrants and filed two new charges against an imprisoned journalist. 

  The Kurdish security forces Asayish arrested all five activists and journalists in October 2020 and were immediately charged with “being spies” and “destabilizing national security”. In the case documents made available to the lawyer, Sherwan Sherwani was accused of being a spy based on his activism and travel to attend journalism trainings abroad, including as a result of receiving payment of 5,000 USD from the American Bar Association. The lawyer was not able to review the case doc...

Protesters unlawfully detained and tortured in Iraqi Kurdistan Format Since August 13, 2020, in an Internal Security Forces (Asayish) prison in Erbil, 26 activists and trade unionists are still in detention after being arrested by militants belonging to the Kurdistan Democratic Party (Hadak) and forces affiliated with the regions Prime Minister, Masrour Barzani. Civil activist Ayhan Saeed, brother of Shafan Saeed, a teacher who was detained, said: "My brother Shafan was arrested on October 22, ...

SCORES of people detained in Iraqi Kurdistan are being held illegally, suffering torture and having confessions extracted by force, according to a report published today. Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor found that some 26 detainees arrested in the regional capital Erbil by the Parastin intelligence services, linked to the ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), had suffered physical and psychological torture. Civil activist Ayhan Saeed, brother of Shafan Saeed, a teacher who was detai...