دوای ئەوەی ئان کلود سیاسەتمەداری بەریتانی و دۆستی کورد لە١٧ ئوکتوبەر دا، بەهۆی رفاندنی ڕۆژنامەنوس شێروان شێروانی و رەوشی مەترسیداری مافی مروڤ لە هەرێمی کوردستان نامەیەکی نارەزایەتی ئاراستەی حکومەتی هەرێم کرد ، لە٣٠ نوڤمبەر دا ، دیندار زێباری رێكخەری راسپاردە نێودەوڵەتییەكان لە حكومەتی هەرێمی كوردستان لەنامەیەکدا ، وەڵامیکی چەواشەکارانەی پڕ لەدرۆی ئەو سیاسەتمەدارەی داوەتەوە .

کە گوایە ئەو زانیاریانەی بە تۆ گەیشتوە ناراستە بەلکو ڕۆژنامەنوس شێروان شێروانی هیچ کارێکی نایاسایی بەرامبەر ئەنجام نەدراوە بەلکو لەریگای یاسایەوە کارەکان ئەنجام دراوە.

لەم بارەوە لە١٩ دیسمبەر دوبارە ئان کلود وەلام بە دیندار زیباری دەداتەوە زانیاریەکانی بەناراست لەقەلەم دەدا و دەلێت کەبەپێی زانیاریەکانی بەدەستە من گەیشتووە پارێزەرەکەی تەنیا یەک جار بۆ ٥ دەقە ، بینیویەتی و ئەویش باس لەگورینی ئیفادە و خراپی رەوشی لەزینداندا کردوە و هاوکات بنەمالەکەی خیزان و دایکی بەڤیدیو لامە کەدەلین تائیستا نەمان توانیوە بیبینین.

هەروەها لەدرێژەی وەلامەکەیدا دەلێت.

بەداخەوە کورد قوربانی گەورەی بۆئازادی دا کەچی ئەوە ی دەیبینن لەو هەموو دەستگیرکردنانەی لەمانگی سیپتیمبەرەوە تائیستا ئەنجامی دەدەن نیشان دەدا کەئیوە رێز ناگرن لەو قوربانیە گەورەی کەکورد لەپیناوی ئازادی داویەتی .

شایەنی باسە دیندار زیباری یەکیک لەو بەرپرسانەی هەرێمە کەهیچ شەرم لەخۆی ناکات و لەبەرجاوی میدیاکان درۆ دەکا

To Dr. Dindar Zebari

KRG International Advocacy Coordinator

Council of Ministers

Dear Mr. Zebari,

Thank you for your letter dated 30 November 2020 in reply to my letter dated 17 October regarding the case of the journalist Sherwan Sherwani and other detainees.

The argument you have put forward seems to contradict the facts as I understand them. If the information I have is wrong I would appreciate your clarifying the situation.

1. I believe that since Mr Sherwani’s arrest he has been allowed one five-minute visit with his lawyer and that was 19 days after his arrest. In that brief meeting he told his lawyer that he is being held in solitary confinement and the authorities had changed his statement, without his permission. Since then, and despite constant requests by his lawyer for access to his client, he has been refused visitors. If this is not the case please can you tell me when and how many times Mr Sherwani has been able to see his lawyer.

2. Since his arrest, Mr Sherwani’s family has had no access to him. I have received videos of his son and his mother stating clearly that they have not been allowed to see him. If this is not the case please can you tell me when and where Mr Sherwani saw them.

3. I believe all 37 detainees who have been arrested since September and October have been denied access to their lawyers and families. I read the statement from Journalists without Borders on December 1^st expressing concern as to the safety and wellbeing of Mr Sherwani and understand there was a news item on Aljazeera TV the same day. You will understand that I can only go on the information published and ask that you kindly and with urgency arrange access to lawyers, families and human right organizations. This is an urgent request.

5. You assure me that Mr Sherwani and other detainees have been arrested and treated well in accordance with the law. This is not consistent with their being held for two or more months without trial, denied access to lawyers and families, and held in solitary confinement. I respectfully ask that you review the information you have received.

The Kurdish people have paid a high price to establish a vibrant civil and progressive society and had high hopes of achieving this. As a close friend of the Kurds and having worked for many years to support those aims I very much hope that you will adhere to those same principles and aspirations.

I look forward to hearing from you urgently about this case and learning of Mr Sherwani’s release as soon as possible.

With sincere regards,

Ann Clwyd