Students of the University of Kurdistan were Arrested on Fourth Day of Protest over Ukrainian Plane Shot Down

International Liberty Association: Following the demonstrations to protest the shooting down of a Ukrainian plane by the IRGC missiles and keeping the memorial services for the victims, three university students were arrested by the security forces with physical violence. Moslem Suleimani, secretary of the Islamic Association of Kurdistan University Students, Zaniar Ahmadpour, member of the Islamic Association of Kurdistan University Students, and Arshad Atabak student activists of the university.

On the fourth day of protest, Moslem Suleimani, secretary of the Islamic Association of Kurdistan University Students, Zaniar Ahmadpour, member of the Islamic Association of Kurdistan University Students, and Arshad Atabak student activists of the university were arrested, on 15 January, 2020.

Moslem Soleimani, is a graduate student in mechanical engineering at University of Kurdistan, Arshad Atabak, a senior student in Arabic literature at University of Kurdistan, and Zaniar Ahmadpour, an undergraduate student in economics at the University of Kurdistan. Following their arrest, they were taken to an unknown location.

ILA: According to the reports, a large group of students gathered to commemorate the victims of that great catastrophe, [the Ukrainian plane was shot down by the IRGC], and at the end of the program, the Plainclothes forces attacked student caravan. After stopping the vehicle, they pull the students out and beat them. They arrested three students of University of Kurdistan and taken them to an unknown location.

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