Activists from Rojhilat are among 140 refugees detained in Turkey at risk of deportation. Human rights organizations have called for international solidarity against the risk of being killed if the activists are deported.
Iranian and Rojhilat refugees, who were among the refugees detained on 15 December near the port of Muğla's Marmaris district, are facing deportation. Hengaw Human Rights Organization announced that Kurdish activists among the detained refugees are at risk of being deported to Iran.
According to the information provided by the lawyers dealing with the issue, approximately 140 Syrian, Iranian and Rojhilat refugees detained are being held at the Removal Center (GGM) in the Ula district of Muğla. The lawyers said that they could not enter the GGM and meet with refugees because it was the weekend, and added that they had to wait until Monday.
Call for international solidarity
Human rights activists in Iran are among those detained: Iranian Kurdish activist Hossein Manbari (Amanj), Shugar Mohammadi, Naser Kamangar, Arzoo Molanaei and their two children, Sabah Nikkhah and his wife Shallir, and their two children. Lawyers said that their lives would be put in danger if they were sent back to Iran. Human rights organizations called for international human rights organizations and institutions to intervene immediately.
