After college, Demirtaş worked as a freelance lawyer for a time before becoming a member of the executive committee of the Diyarbakır Branch of the Human Rights Association (IHD).
Derbarê Selahattîn Demirtaş de bi hincetên weke “rêvebirê rêxistina terorî ye”, “propagandaya rêxistina terorê kiriye”, “pesna sûc û sûcdaran daye” ve heta 142 salan cezayê hepiskirinê tê xwestin.