NEWS CONFERENCE – Senator Cortese Honors Bay Area Refugee, Mohammad "Mustafa" Kohistani

WHAT: Members of the news media are invited to join this News Conference where State Senator Dave Cortese (D-Silicon Valley) will be honoring Bay Area refugee Mohammad "Mustafa" Kohistani.

WHO: California State Senator Dave Cortese and Mohammad "Mustafa" Kohistani

WHEN: Wednesday, February 9th at 10:00 AM

WHERE: West Capitol Steps - 10th Street and Capitol Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95811

LIVESTREAM: For Media that can’t attend the News Conference in Sacramento, a livestreaming option will be available on Senator Cortese’s website and Facebook page at 10:00am:

·      Website Livestream: https://sd15.senate.ca.gov

·      Facebook Livestream: https://www.facebook.com/davecortesegov

Mohammad Kohistani, who goes by “Mustafa”, arrived to the Bay Area as a refugee from the Kapisa province in Afghanistan.

Mohammad's mother, Freshta Kohistani, was a distinguished and outspoken women's rights and democracy activist in Afghanistan who was assassinated along with her brother on Christmas Eve of 2020; she was 29-years-old at the time of her death.

Freshta Kohistani was the recipient of the Secretary of State's International Women of Courage Award from our State Department in 2021.