Sulaimani, July 17^th, 2025: Network 19 strongly condemns the attack on forensic investigator, critic and human rights activist Shuan Sabir Gardi, and calls on the Interior Minister to conduct a serious investigation into this incident to reveal the perpetrators and not escape punishment.

At 1 pm on Wednesday, July 16^th, 2025, three cars stopped Shuan Sabir on the 150 meters street in Erbil, opposite Spanish village 2, then attacked him from all sides.

"Two cars came in front of me and the other one attached itself to the back of my vehicle so that I could not escape," Shuan told Network 19, "Six or seven people from all three vehicles attacked me with punches and pistols and tried to get me out of my car,” he said. "Then, when they got tired of beating me, told me not to talk about the government again."

After receiving treatment in the emergency department of Rzgari Hospital, Shuan Sabir went to the Perzin police station and filed a lawsuit, 24 hours have passed since the incident, and no one has been arrested.

"The street is covered with government surveillance cameras and private cameras of the projects,” Shuan said. Shuan Sabir Gardi, head of the Justice for Prisoners Network in Iraq, is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Public Aid Organization (PAO), and a forensic investigator at the Kurdistan Regional Government's Prosecutor General's Office.

On Monday, March 3^rd, 2014, Shuan Sabir Gardi was sued by the Judicial Council for posting a statement on his social networking site. He was arrested by the Erbil court on the same day. He was detained in Mahata prison for four days.

At that time, Metro Center and CDO organized a rally in Sulaimani demanding his release.

Network 19 strongly condemns the attack on forensic investigator, critic and human rights activist Shuan Sabir and calls on the Interior Minister to conduct a serious investigation into this incident to expose the perpetrators and not escape punishment.