Balance sheet of rights violations in occupied Girê Spî and Serêkaniyê in June
2,759 people have been killed since the beginning of the Turkish occupation in the northern regions of Syria. Out of 9,053 arrested locals, only 6,979 have been released
The Violations Documentation Center for North and East Syria (VDC-NSY) released its report on the violations of rights recorded in June in the Sêrekaniye and Girê Spî regions under Turkish state occupation.
According to the report, at least 2 people were killed as a result of the Turkish bombings and 33 people were arrested in Sêrekaniye and Girê Spî in June. Following the occupation of these two regions, 375,000 people have been forcibly displaced.
The balance sheet includes the following figures:
-Two people were killed by bombardment.
-33 people were arrested and 17 of them were tortured.
-19 people were kidnapped.
- There were 5 cases of land mine explosions and detonations.
The report said that 4 people, including a child, were injured as a result of house raids by the Turkish state-backed mercenaries, explosions, torture and gunfire.
On the other hand, 2 people lost their lives and 7 others were injured as a result of ground and aerial attacks against the villages housing civilians.
Mercenary groups engaged in armed fighting against each other in the city centre 9 times.
375 thousand people forcibly displaced
"375,000 people have been displaced because of the Turkish attacks on North and East Syria and its occupation of the cities of Serêkaniyê and Girê Spî. Turkey is violating human rights by committing crimes against humanity, including torture, arrests, field executions (by shooting), confiscation of private property, bombings and the use of banned chemical weapons against the people of the region. In these areas, where medical teams and journalists are targeted, the security problem has deteriorated even more, and the number of explosions and murders has increased,” according to the report.
181 people tortured to death since the Turkish occupation
The report stated that 2,759 people have been killed since the beginning of the Turkish occupation in the northern regions of Syria. Out of 9,053 arrested locals, only 6,979 have been released, while the whereabouts of the rest remains unknown.
On the other hand, 181 people were tortured to death in prisons. A total of 560 Syrian refugees, including 103 children and 67 women, were killed by gunshots by the Turkish soldiers.
