Arrest and Uncertainty about the Fate of Kurdistan University Professor Dr. Behrooz Chaman Ara
According to received reports, Dr. Behrooz 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 Institute, was arrested on Friday afternoon, December 4, 2021, after returning from a meeting he attended at the invitation of Hamed Ghaderzadeh, the new president of Kurdistan University.
It is worth mentioning that Dr. Behrooz Chaman Ara was one of the speakers at the December 1, 2021, gathering of Kurdistan University professors, where he read the professors’ statement in German, protesting against the suppression and arrest of people and students.