December 16, 2009
DAMASCUS, Syria,— The Syrian
authorities have arrested a prominent Kurdish lawyer
and author in the northern city of Aleppo for
unknown reasons, Syrian rights groups reported on
Tuesday.
"Ismail Mustafa was summoned by the security
services in Aleppo on Saturday and then he was
arrested for no apparent reason," a statement said.
"We express our deep concern over this measure which
is contrary to human rights," said the statement
signed by the London-based Syrian Observatory for
Human Rights,www.ekurd.netthe
National Organisation of Human Rights in Syria and
the Syrian League for the Defence of Human Rights.
The rights watchdogs also accused Syrian authorities
of having "intensified arbitrary detention recently"
and said such acts threaten freedoms. |
Mustafa
Ismail , a prominent Kurdish lawyer from
Syria |
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