Azad Omer Mihemed, was arrested on the second day of the popular uprising in Sulaymaniyah on December 18. Mihemed was on hunger strike to protest his detention.

Along with Mihemed 11 members of Tevgera Azadi were also released.

In a separate development an independent member of the Kurdish regional parliament, Rabûn Mehrûf, who was arrested during the protests in Sulaymaniyah, was released from police custody on Wednesday night.

Kurdish MP Soran Omer, announced Rabûn Mehrûf’s release via Twitter.

Mehruf is a member of "New Generation Movement" and a well-known critic of Kurdistan Regional Government.