During the past few days, a Kurdish cultural activist detained in Kermanshah on charges of protesting to killing of Kolbars was released on bail from Dizelabad prison in Kermanshah.
“On Wednesday 4 October 2017, a cultural activist called Shahriar Tahmasbi who was arrested along with four other cultural activists by security forces on 7 September 2017 was released on a bail of 100 million tomans from Dizel Abad Prison in Kermanshah,” an informed source told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN).
“The Other detainees arrested in Kermanshah were released on bail on 16 September 2017 but Mr. Tahmasebi was released a few weeks later due to the pressure of Intelligence Office and the delay of Kermanshah Prosecutor in issuing the consent for his release,” the source added.
It is worth noting that On Thursday, September 07, five activists were arrested by security forces of the Iranian Disciplinary Forces on charges of attempting to rally at Kermanshah’s Koudak Park in protest to the Killing of Kurdish Kolbars. These 5 activists have been identified as Farzad Safre (Poet and Cultural Activist), Foad Mozafari (Writer, Literary Critic, Cultural Activist), Shahriar Rostami, (Writer and Translator), Arsalan Abbasi (Musician and Tanbur Player) and Shahriar Tahmasbi (Cultural Activist). A couple of hours later after their arrest, these detainees had been transferred to the Intelligence Detention centre of Kermanshah Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).
On Sunday, 10th of September, security forces arrested another Kurdish cultural activist known as Rasoul Sayyadan Manesh in the village of Sayadyan (part of Gilan-Gharb city) while raiding his house and confiscating a number of his personal belongings.
Earlier, an informed source had told KHRN about these cultural activists being severely beaten and tortured in the Kermanshah IRGC Detention Centre by electric shots.
On Monday, September 04, the murder of two Kolbars in one of the Baneh borderlands led to massive protests in Baneh and the protests spread to Sanandaj, Mahabad and Kermanshah during the following days. In recent days, security forces have continued to arrest citizens and civil activists protesting to the Killing of Kurdish Kolbars in various cities of Kurdistan.
