Sulaymaniyah- Kurdistan Free Women's Movement (RJAK) members Xewla Mihemed Hesen, Ciwana Abdulbaqî, and Seyran Ehmed Hesen were detained by the KDP forces in Erbil on August 5 after they attended the commemoration event held in Shengal for the anniversary of the genocide against Yazidis by ISIS on August 3, 2014. Two of three detained women were released on September 6 after being held in custody for 33 days.

RJAK member Ciwana Ebdulqadir are still held in custody and no news has been received from her for 50 days.