News Center- At least 126 people, including children, were detained during Newroz celebrations in Amed (Diyarbakır) on March 21, 2024.

38 children were arbitrarily detained during Newroz celebrations on charges of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” for wearing traditional clothes, the Diyarbakır Bar Association Child Rights Center said in a statement on Friday.

“As every year, children wearing traditional clothes were arbitrarily detained during this year’s Newroz celebrations. 38 children were detained and taken to the Children's Branch Directorate on the charges of ‘propagandizing for a terrorist organization’. We state that the detention and other legal procedures initiated against the children for participating in the Newroz celebrations are against the law, and we announce to the public that we will follow the legal process.”