Four Kurdish individuals, including a child, arrested by security forces

Hengaw; Wednesday, November 6, 2024 

 A Kurdish child, Sina Asadi Hakim, along with three men identified as Jafar Ardalan, Hamid Salehi-Nejad, and Mohammad Karimi, were forcibly detained by Intelligence Department forces in Sarvabad County, Kurdistan (Sanandaj) Province. 

 According to a report from the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, in the early hours of Tuesday, November 5, 2024, Sina Asadi Hakim, 15; Hamid Salehi-Nejad, 27; Mohammad Karimi, 31; and Jafar Ardalan, 40, all residents of Devaznaw village near Sarvabad, were detained by security forces. 

 Informed sources indicate that these arrests involved severe intimidation and beatings carried out in the detainees' homes. 

 Following their detention, the four individuals were transferred to an undisclosed location, and no information has been provided regarding the charges against them.