Local Kurdish rights group calls on SA govt to intervene
The Kurdish Human Rights Action Group (KHRAG) has called upon the South African government to intervene in the unlawful arrest and detention of Selahattin Demirtas, his co-leader Figen Yuksekdag of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and all other progressive political activists. Demirtas and Yuksekdag are accused of spreading propaganda for Kurdish groups fighting the Turkish state. Both leaders visited South Africa a few months ago, to draw attention to the […]