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Trial of three political Kurdish women and
one man delayed, in Syria
21.12.2009
By Khalaf Dahowd and ekurd.net staff
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December 21, 2009
QAMISHLI, Syrian Kurdistan, (ekurd.net),
Khalaf Dahowd, — Cases number 3485, and 3486
were adjourned in the Individual Military Court in
Qamishli until 17 January 2010 because the detainees
were not brought from the prison in Hasakah.
The detainees are:
• Rojin Jumaa Rammo, was born in 1969 in Turbaspiya.
She was arrested by political security in Aleppo on
29 July 2009. Her case is no. 3485;
• Afrah Mohammed Musa,www.ekurd.netwas
born in 1975 in Hasakah city. Her case is no. 3486;
• Falak Naz Khalil, born 1968 in Deyrik. Her case is
no. 3486;
• Mohammed Khalil Khalil born in 1960 in Deyrik. His
case is also no. 3486.
Afrah and Falak Nas were detained in Mohammed Khalil
Khalil’s house at in Zorava district of Damascus, by
the Political Security on 3 August 2009.
The prosecutors charged them with membership of a
banned political organisation under Article 288 of
the Syrian Penal Code.
This information comes through MAD Syrian Committee
for Human Rights.
MAD is demanding the release of prisoners and
detainees,
• in particular those suffering from chronic
diseases and who need special medical care;
• and release all political detainees;
• the abolition of special courts;
• the abolition of ‘martial law’;
• and lifting of the State of Emergency in the
country;
• respect the covenants and conventions that protect
human freedom and dignity, which has been signed by
the government of Syria;
• and to cease arresting citizens for their views
and ideas.
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.
Syrian Committee for
Human Rights - MAD, 20 December 2009
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