Sulaymaniyah- Kurdistan Free Women's Movement (RJAK) members Xewla Mihemed Hesen, Ciwana Abdulbaqî, and Seyran Ehmed Hesen attended the commemoration event held in Shengal for the anniversary of the genocide against Yazidis by ISIS on August 3, 2014. After attending the commemoration, they returned to Hewlêr the capital of the Southern Kurdistan Region. The KDP forces detained them there on August 5.

According to the received reports, the KDP released Xewla Mihemed Hesen and Seyran Ehmed Hesen on Monday, September 6. Ciwana Abdulbaqî is still held in custody and the KDP hasn’t released any statement about her.