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Kurdish activist on hunger strike to protest charges

Kurdish activist on hunger strike to protest charges
posted onFebruary 18, 2020
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Parisa Seifi, a Kurdish cultural activist has reportedly gone on a strike, protesting her charges’ luck of clarification, a family member told Avatoday.

“After spending almost 100 days in detention, her parents were able to meet her today and she started a strike ten days ago,” said the source, who talked on condition of anonymity, adding that security forces have not clarified Parisa’s charges so far.

Seifi was arrested by security forces in November 12, 2019.

Iran have arrested thousands of people since November as thousands of people took the streets and shouted anti-regime slogans. The protest first stared over fuel price hikes.

Iranian officials had previously claimed that security forces might have arrested people who are innocent. They said cases like this “could happen, because we need to maintain peace and security.”