Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy chair of the Foreign Relations Commission Feleknas Uca made a written statement regarding the detention and release of Hewler representatives and members in the Kurdistan Federal Region.

The statement said that the HDP was informed of the arrests, after they had already become public, through contact made with Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) officials.

The statement added that the detainees were released and that they would continue their work. "Even though the information given to us regarding the detention process was that it had to do with residence problems, this detention and the approach of the Erbil Public Security forces against the members of our representation office were not correct.”