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Syria: The trial of Kurdish Youths
adjourned to 29 December
19.12.2009
By Khalaf Dahowd and ekurd.net staff
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December 19, 2009
DAMASCUS, (ekurd.net),
Khalaf Dahowd, — The trial of five Kurdish
youths (number 182 /2009) due to be tried at the
Supreme State Security Court [SSSC] in Damascus on
15 December 2009 has been postponed to 29 December
2009 so that the Court can check their file.
The five Kurds on trial are:
• Monther Abdulfattah Resho, aged 16 at the time of
his arrest in 2008,
• Ciwan Mohammed Ahmed,
• Hassan Khalil Qudo,
• Khalil Feedee Dahli
• Manan Ahmed Sido
The charges are in accordance with Article 267 and
302 of the Syrian Penal Code.
We are also informed that the MAD writer and lawyer
Mustafa Ismail, who was arrested on 12 December 2009
is now with political security in Damascus.
MAD Syrian Commitee for Human Rights condemns these
trials before the Supreme State Security Court and
demanded the immediate release of these detainees
and of all prisoners of conscience.
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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