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More Kurdish students arrested in the
Kurdish region of Syria Oct/Nov 2009
15.11.2009
By Khalaf Dahowd and ekurd.net staff
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November 15, 2009
DEYRIK, Syrian Kurdistan,
(ekurd.net), — We understand from reports that
Kurdish student Rojhat Mohammed Mohammed (born 1989,
in Deyrik) was arrested in the morning of 22 October
2009 by intelligence security forces, as he returned
from college in Deyrik. At the time of his arrest
the security forces insulted him and beat him in
front of his neighbours. He was transferred to
security offices in Hassaka. He has not been seen
since despite attempts of his family and friends to
visit him, nor has he been produced at Court.
There are reports from MAF Human Rights Organisation
of three other arrests:
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Kurdish student Rojhat Mohammed Mohammed |
• On 30 October 2009 the
Syrian Political Security arrested Antar Showkat
Ali, (born 1990) in Qobani town. He is a first year
student at the Faculty if Fine Arts in Aleppo. They
also arrested Mustafa Nassan (born in Qobani). He is
a student at Beirut University in Lebanon. The
authorities initially denied that these people were
in their custody,www.ekurd.netbut
their families have discovered that they are
imprisoned by Political Security in Alepo.
• On 11 November 2009 Syrian Political Security
arrested Mohammed Salih Khalil (born 1953 in Afrin),
a member of the Political Buro of Kurdish Democratic
Party al-Party in Syria.
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.
Nearly 2 million Kurds live in Syria, mainly in the
north bordering Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan region.
They comprise nine percent of the population and
have long sought official recognition of the Kurdish
language and their culture.
Future Movement advocates democracy and equal rights
for Syria's one million Kurdish minority. The
Kurdish language is not allowed to be taught in
schools and tens of thousands of Kurds were denied
citizenship after a 1960s census.
Freedom of expression remains tightly controlled in
Syria, and security forces have sweeping powers of
arrest and detention.
A total 1,500 people were arrested for political
reasons in 2007 and hundreds more who were arrested
in previous years remained in detention, according
to rights group Amnesty International's 2008 report.
International Support Kurds in Syria Association –SKS
– asks the international community to examine the
practices of the Supreme State Security Court and to
bring these injustices to the attention of the
Syrian Government before any other discussions take
place.
International Support Kurds in Syria Association –
SKS
Web: www.supportkurds.org
Email: info@supportkurds.org
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