Last modified on Tue 20 Apr 2021 00.01 EDT
Iranian dissidents in Turkey are unsure whether the country is still a refuge after what appears to be a new wave of arrests and deportation orders targeting asylum seekers from the Islamic Republic.
Afshin Sohrabzadeh, 31, a Kurdish political activist, faced torture and solitary confinement during seven years in prison in Iran before he managed to escape during a hospital visit and flee across the border to Turkey in 2016, followed by his wife the following year.
This month Sohrabzadeh was detained after a routine visit to his local police station in the city of Eskişehir to obtain travel papers, and charged with being a threat to Turkey’s national security.
Iranians in Turkey fear for safety after wave of deportations
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Iranian activists at increasing risk in former haven Turkey
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