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- NameSherwan Sherwani
- RoleJournalist and human rights defender; chief editor of Ashur magazine; active member of the human rights organisation 17 Shubat, focusing on corruption and prisoners' rights
- CountryIraq
- Arrested7 Oct 2020
- StatusImprisoned (serving sentence)
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Kurdish journalist who investigated corruption and prisoners' rights in Iraqi Kurdistan, arrested in 2020 amid a crackdown on protests, sentenced to six years for "threatening national security," then given four more years in July 2023, two months before his scheduled release, later cut to two years, and a third sentence in August 2025.