The U.S. authorities are concerned by detention of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish deputies, U.S. diplomat and the current Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy Tomasz Malinowski said on Friday.

“As friend & ally, deeply troubled that government of Turkey has detained HDP leaders and other MPs while blocking internet access. When taking legal action against elected reps, democracies have higher duty to justify actions & preserve confidence in justice”, Tom Malinowski tweeted.

Earlier on Friday, 12 HDP leaders, including its Co-chairs Selahattin Demirtas and Figen Yuksedag were detained.