Nearly a thousand Kurds arrested in Syria
Nearly a thousand Kurds arrested in Syria
PKK's acting leader Murat Karayilan says Syria arrested nearly a thousand Kurds in the last few months.
Speaking to ANF Turkish Service Karayilan said Syria implements a new repression policy towrds Kurds and the last arrests are all connected with a group of nationalists within the Syrian government.
He said the new wave of arrests is a serious threat to Kurds living in north-east of the contry.
Karayilan called the Syrian government to stop the operations against Kurdish dissidents and said that “it will only help to provoke Kurds against the Damascus regime”.
He also called Syrian Kurds to unite and resist against the oppresive politics of the Damascus regime.
Syria is home to about two million Kurds. About 200,000 of them has no official recognition.
In the last two months Syrian police and intelligence arrested a number of Kurds in Qamislo and Haseki. Human rights organizations puts the number between 500-700 while Karayilan said nearly a thousand.
Speaking to ANF Turkish Service Karayilan said Syria implements a new repression policy towrds Kurds and the last arrests are all connected with a group of nationalists within the Syrian government.
He said the new wave of arrests is a serious threat to Kurds living in north-east of the contry.
Karayilan called the Syrian government to stop the operations against Kurdish dissidents and said that “it will only help to provoke Kurds against the Damascus regime”.
He also called Syrian Kurds to unite and resist against the oppresive politics of the Damascus regime.
Syria is home to about two million Kurds. About 200,000 of them has no official recognition.
In the last two months Syrian police and intelligence arrested a number of Kurds in Qamislo and Haseki. Human rights organizations puts the number between 500-700 while Karayilan said nearly a thousand.
