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Two Kurds jailed in Syria: lawyer
17.10.2005
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DAMASCUS, Oct 16
(AFP) - 18h18 - Syria's state security court on
Sunday sentenced two Kurds each to two-and-a-half
years in prison for belonging to a "secret
organisation", their lawyer Faisal Badr said.
The men, Idris Mohammed Mohammed and Mustapha Said
Khalaf, are members of Syria's Kurdish banned
Democratic Union Party and were found guilty of
belonging "to a secret organisation aiming to have
part of Syrian territory annexed by a foreign
country", said Badr.
"This is the habitual charge made against all Kurds
who appear in this tribunal. It is unfounded because
all Kurdish parties seek a democratic and just
solution to the Kurdish problems within the
framework of Syria's territorial unity," he added.
Around 1.5 million Kurds live in Syria out of the
total population of around 17 million people.
Kurdish leaders reject charges of secessionist aims
and say they want only their political rights and
recognition of their language and culture.
AFP
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