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Kurd protesters hurt as Syrian police disperse
demo: party
6.10.2005
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DAMASCUS, Oct 5 (AFP)
- 16h52 - Several demonstrators were hurt Wednesday
as Syrian police dispersed a sit-in by hundreds of
Kurds to demand the return of Syrian nationality to
thousands who lost it 43 years ago, a Kurdish party
said.
"Hundreds of Kurds gathered in Shahbandar Square in
Damascus in response to a call from several parties
to protest against the policy of oppression against
the Kurds and against a racist census in 1962" in
the northern province of Hassakeh, the Azadi party
said.
Around 200,000 Kurds had their nationality withdrawn
at the time. Their identity cards were confiscated
and they were denied civil rights.
"Despite the peaceful nature of the sit-in, police
and security services beat the demonstrators,
injuring a number of citizens, including Mustafa
Jumaa, the number two of Azadi," the party said in a
statement.
Azaqi "denounces these repressive measures and
expresses its solidarity with Kurdish citizens from
whom their nationality was withdrawn", it added.
The roughly 1.5 million Kurds in Syria, who make up
around nine percent of the population, live mostly
in the north of the country.
AFP
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