PYD Erbil (Hewlêr) official representative Mistefa Osman Xelîl, Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria official representative, Cîhad Hesen, and PYD member Mistefa Ezîz Mistê, who travelled to Erbil Airport to greet the international Defend Kurdistan peace delegation on the 10th June, were arrested and detained by Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) forces at the international airport in the Kurdistan Regional Government region.
Despite 18 days that have passed since Xelîl, Hesen and Mistê were taken into custody, and despite international calls from the peace delegation, no information has been given to the PYD and AANES regarding the issue.
The PYD Administration made a statement regarding the detention, and said “This attitude serves the enemy of Kurds” and condemned the KDP.
It was also learned that a young Kurdish man named Ciwan Ebdulkerim, who travelled to Iraqi Kurdistan to get treatment for his sick mother from Rojava, was also detained 22 days ago and that no information has been given to his family of his whereabouts by KDP officials.