CPT visits Qaraman Shukry's family

A family whose loved ones are in prison meeting outside of a home with three members of CPT, who are all wearing red vests. The family is six people, four of whom are wearing black scarves and traditional Kurdish dresses. One of whom is a child weari

“Because of their journalism work, my dad was killed, and my brother was imprisoned.” said Dastan Shukry.

On April 19th, during a CPT Iraqi Kurdistan team visit to the family of imprisoned independent journalist Qaraman Shukry, Dastan Shukry, Qaraman’s sister, also told CPT, “In 2016, my dad was killed because of his journalism work, then security forces told us a pig attacked your father and killed him. 5 years later,
my brother got arrested because of his journalism work and was charged for threatening national security.”

Qaraman Shukry is a journalist from Shiladze. He was arrested on January 27, 2021 and then without the presence of his lawyer or family members he was sentenced for 7 years in prison.

CPT Iraqi Kurdistan team asks KRG authorities to respect freedom of speech and to release all Badinan activists and journalists who are imprisoned.

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