Draw:
By counting the periods of detention, Shaswar Abdulwahid’s prison sentence will end on the 29th of this month, and there is a possibility of his release.

Shaswar Abdulwahid, the leader of the New Generation Movement, was sentenced on 2/9/2025 by the Sulaimani Court, based on a complaint filed by Shadi Nawzad, to five months in prison. Since then, he has been held at the Rehabilitation and Social Reintegration Centre in Sulaymanyah. 

According to the judge’s decision, all periods of Shaswar Abdulwahid’s detention must be counted during both the investigation and trial stages. Therefore, before the court ruling, he had already been detained (under custody) for an additional 35 days.

• From 15/5 to 29/5/2019, he was detained for 14 days at the Sulaimani Asayish Investigation Court.

• From 12/8/2025 until the court ruling on 2/9/2025, he was detained for 21 days.

• Together, these two detention periods amount to 35 days. Thus, adding five months and 35 days from 2/9/2025 results in the end date being 29/12/2025.

• However, if only this year’s detention period (21 days) is counted, then his release date would be 13/1/2026.

According to follow-ups by Draw, there is a possibility that no other complaint against Shaswar Abdulwahid will proceed and that the court will not issue another ruling. This is because his court hearing was scheduled for the 16th of this month, but was postponed. Therefore, it is expected that Shaswar Abdulwahid will be released, possibly under conditions such as restrictions on movement or strict monitoring and supervision.

At present, the New Generation Movement has 15 members in the Kurdistan Parliament and 3 successful candidates for the Iraqi Parliament.