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Syrian rights activist detained in Kurdish
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February 29, 2008
Hasakah, Syrian Kurdistan,-- Syrian police
have detained a human rights activist in the mainly
Kurdish northeastern city of Hasakah in Syrian
Kurdistan area, rights watchdogs said on Thursday.
"The state security service in Hasakah arrested
activist Osama Edward Qario on Wednesday evening
because of his activities and his writings about
public life in Syria,"www.ekurd.net
the Syrian League for
the Defence of Human Rights said.
The 31-year-old English teacher had recently been
called in by the security services over a critical
article he had written about the economy entitled:
"No gas, no oil, no electricity," the watchdog
added.
The Committees for the Defence of Democratic
Freedoms and Human Rights in Syria,www.ekurd.net
to which Qario belonged,
condemned his arrest and expressed concern about
what would happen to him in custody.
Syria has detained more than a dozen dissidents in
recent months in a mounting crackdown that has drawn
strong criticism from the West.
AFP
** Kurds are the largest ethnic minority in Syria
making up 10% of the country's population i.e. about
two million.
Kurds in Syria often speak Kurdish in public,
unless all those present do not. Kurdish human
rights activists are mistreated and persecuted. No
political parties are allowed for any group, Kurdish
or otherwise.
Suppression of ethnic identity of
Kurds in Syria include: various bans on the use of
the Kurdish language; refusal to register children
with Kurdish names; replacement of Kurdish place
names with new names in Arabic; prohibition of
businesses that do not have Arabic names; not
permitting Kurdish private schools; and the
prohibition of books and other materials written in
Kurdish.
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