Arrest and lack of information on the fate of Kurdistan University professor Dr. Behrouz Chaman Ara
According to received reports, Dr. Behrouz Chaman Ara, a native of Ilam and a professor in the Kurdish Language and Literature Department at Kurdistan University and the former head of the Kurdistan Studies Research Center, was arrested on Friday afternoon, November 25, 2022, after returning from a meeting he attended at the invitation of Hamed Qaderzadeh, the new president of Kurdistan University.
It is worth mentioning that Dr. Behrouz Chaman Ara was one of the speakers at the gathering of Kurdistan University professors on November 22, 2022, where he read the professors’ statement in German, protesting the suppression and arrest of people and students.