“Passport bureau [of Security Directorate] asked court to cancel my passport as part of my trial heard by 14th Heavy Penal Court because of my service as editor-in-chief on watch Özgür Gündem [daily]. However, chief judge didn’t approve that and told them that they misinterpret the Statutory Decree. I have this ruling but we’ve learned in the airport that my and my wife’s passports were rendered invalid by the Security Directorate as we were going abroad. We have been given no justification. I don’t know why they cancelled my wife’s [passport], we don’t know if they did it because she is a journalist or just because she is my wife”.
‘’Ji ber lêpirsîna li ser min ku li Dadgeha Cezayên Giran a14. berdewam dike, berpirsiyarîya peseportan ji dadgehê xwestiye biryara betalkirina peseporta min bide.