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Syria releases key Kurdish activist
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February 18, 2007
DAMASCUS, Syria, -- Syrian authorities have
released the deputy head of the banned Kurdish
political party Yakiti, who
was
arrested nearly two months ago, a human rights
group said Saturday.
Mehieddin Sheikh Ali was set free Friday after being
taken into custody on December 20 in the northern
city of Aleppo, the National Organisation of Human
Rights in Syria said.
The rights body's head, Ammar Qorabi, said Ali was a
"moderate and his arrest was unjustified," adding
that he hoped the release would mark a "first step
toward the release of all political detainees."
Yakiti, also known as the Kurdish Democratic Union,
was among several opposition parties that signed a
declaration in Damascus in October 2005 calling for
democratic change in the country.
Ali was seized by security officers while sitting in
a cafe, drawing ire from rights group over the
government's state of emergency laws, which allow
arrests without warrants.
Syria is home to some 1.5 million Kurds, or around
nine percent of the population. They have been
fighting to have their language, culture and
political rights recognized.
There are 11 Kurdish parties in Syria and all are
officially banned.
AFP
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