Detained again, HDP MP Kaya’s son Cemre arrested

Taken into custody following the appeal of the prosecutor’s office against his release from detention on probation, Muhammed Cihad Cemre, the son of HDP MP Hüda Kaya, has been arrested.

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Detained again, HDP MP Kaya’s son Cemre arrested

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Muhammed Cihad Cemre, the son of Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) İstanbul MP Hüda Kaya, has been arrested.

Cemre was first detained on June 25 on the grounds that he allegedly had his photos taken with the executives of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Held in detention for 2 days, Cemre was released on probation by a judgeship on duty in western Çanakkale province.

After the Çanakkale Chief Public Prosecutor's Office appealed against his release, Cemre was detained again yesterday (June 29).

Referred to the courthouse, Muhammed Cihad Cemre has been arrested and sent to jail by the Criminal Judgeship of Peace on Duty.

HDP MP Kaya has denounced the ruling on her social media account. "The day before, my son was released on the charges that he had been acquitted of years ago," wrote Kaya, briefly adding the following:

"Following the warrant of the prosecutor, he has just been taken away again while working in the garden. The time will soon come when we will settle the accounts not in the law of the powerful, but when the law is powerful." (EMK/SD)