PM:07:12:16/03/2023
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SULAIMANI — Three Badinan activists who were held at the
Erbil Reform Prison were released on Thursday (March 16) after two and a half
years.
The three activists, Shvan Saeed, Hariwan Issa and Ayaz
Karam were released after they finished their jail terms.
The three said in press conference that they hope those
remaining in prison will also be released.
Saeed expressed his happiness over his release and thanked
the volunteer lawyer teams for the efforts.
The three activists along with a number of other activists
and journalists were imprisoned following protests in 2020 that were held
against the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) economic policies.
Since then, at least seventeen activists and journalists
have been tried on serious national security charges, which have been condemned
as politically motivated trials.
Karam said in the press conference his friends Sherwan
Sherwani and Guhdar Zebari remain imprisoned.
Zebari was supposed to be released with the other three
activists but he has been sentenced for a further seven months without any
explanation from the court.
(NRT Digital Media)