25 Kurdish youngsters taken into custody in Qamishlo
25 Kurdish youngsters taken into custody in Qamishlo
Soldiers of the Assad regime took 25 Kurdish youngsters into custody in Qamishlo, the biggest city in West Kurdistan on the grounds of being draft dodgers. Hundreds of people took to the streets after the detentions on Monday.
Detentions came after Syrian soldiers raided a number of houses and workplaces in Kudurbeg and Suka Þênî neighborhoods in Qamiþlo at midday hours. The youngsters, aged between 18 and 30, were taken to a military center.
Following the detentions, hundreds of young people gathered in front of the Qasýmo Mosque, the area of Friday marches, under the leadership of Komelên Ciwanên Rojavayê Kurdistan (KCRK, organization of youth of west Kurdistan). The protest demonstration of the group continues with the support of shopkeepers who have closed their shops in protest against the detentions.
Syrian state forces took three Kurdish youngsters in Girkê Legês village of Girkê Dijwêr on Sunday, in respond to which Kurdish security forces raided the Girkê Legê military post and detained five soldiers in the same day. Detainees were therewith released on a basis of reciprocity.
After the beginning of civil commotions in Syria in the March of 2011, the Kurdish powers in West Kurdistan formed people's assemblies, opened mother language providing educational institutions, created defence committees and changed the names of villages and cities which have been arabicized in the last 40 years.
The power in the cities of Kobani, Afrin, Dêrko Hemko and Amude was seized on 19-21 by the Peoples Defense Units (YPG) which were formed to ensure security in the Syrian Kurdish region.
The mentioned Syrian cities have been managed by committees affilated to the High Kurdish Council which declared its foundation on 24 July as the representative of Kurds in the region.
Detentions came after Syrian soldiers raided a number of houses and workplaces in Kudurbeg and Suka Þênî neighborhoods in Qamiþlo at midday hours. The youngsters, aged between 18 and 30, were taken to a military center.
Following the detentions, hundreds of young people gathered in front of the Qasýmo Mosque, the area of Friday marches, under the leadership of Komelên Ciwanên Rojavayê Kurdistan (KCRK, organization of youth of west Kurdistan). The protest demonstration of the group continues with the support of shopkeepers who have closed their shops in protest against the detentions.
Syrian state forces took three Kurdish youngsters in Girkê Legês village of Girkê Dijwêr on Sunday, in respond to which Kurdish security forces raided the Girkê Legê military post and detained five soldiers in the same day. Detainees were therewith released on a basis of reciprocity.
After the beginning of civil commotions in Syria in the March of 2011, the Kurdish powers in West Kurdistan formed people's assemblies, opened mother language providing educational institutions, created defence committees and changed the names of villages and cities which have been arabicized in the last 40 years.
The power in the cities of Kobani, Afrin, Dêrko Hemko and Amude was seized on 19-21 by the Peoples Defense Units (YPG) which were formed to ensure security in the Syrian Kurdish region.
The mentioned Syrian cities have been managed by committees affilated to the High Kurdish Council which declared its foundation on 24 July as the representative of Kurds in the region.
