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Kurdish student arrested without a warrant
in Syria, computer confiscated
18.12.2009
By Khalaf Dahowd and ekurd.net staff
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December 18, 2009
HASSAKA, Syrian Kurdistan, (ekurd.net),
Khalaf Dahowd, — Hivraz Mohammed Amin Hassan,
a Kurdish university student, was arrested by a
patrol of military security officers who raided his
house in Ramelan town, in Hassaka province on Monday
14 December 2009, according to the Kurdish
organisation for the defence of human rights and
general liberties in Syria – DAD. His computer
equipment was confiscated,www.ekurd.netalong
with other personal belongings. They had no judicial
warrant and this raid was illegal. There has been no
information about him since the arrest.
DAD has also issued a statement condemning the
detention of Hivraz Mohammed Amin Hassan, and the
breaching of the fundamental rights that were
enshrined in 1973, in the Syrian constitution.
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DAD, the Kurdish organisation for the defence of
human rights and general liberties in Syria |
It also violates Syria’s
obligations under the International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights ratified on 12 April
1969, which came into force on 23 March 1976,
specifically articles 9, 14, 19, 21 and 22. They
condemn the arbitrary arrests of |Kurds that are
taking place under the State of Emergency.
DAD calls for the legitimisation of human rights
organisations and political parties in Syria so that
they can speak out about human rights abuses, and
bring these matters to the public attention without
fear of retribution.
More than 2 million Kurds live in Syria, comprising
nine percent of the population. They have long
sought official recognition of the Kurdish language
and culture.
The Kurds live in Syria (Syrian Kurdistan), 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,www.ekurd.netaccording
to rights group Amnesty International's 2008 report.
International Support Kurds in Syria Association –
SKS
Web: www.supportkurds.org
Email: info@supportkurds.org
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