Monday, August 30, 2010

Another arbirtrary arrest of a Kurdish man in Syria

August 28, 2010 by sks  


Kurdish Organization for Defending Human Rights and Public Freedoms in Syria –DAD reports that a patrol of the State Security Branch in Qamishli arrested Emad Askan Ahmed at about 11pm on Friday 27 August 2010, without a warrant or court order. He was taken to an unknown destination, and his whereabouts remain unknown at the time of writing.
Emad Askan Ahmed  born 1975, from the Qamishli area is married with six daughters. He is a contractor, and is suffering from kidney disease.
Kurdish Organization for Defending Human Rights and Public Freedoms in Syria –DAD  condemns and strongly denounces the arrest of Emad Askan Ahmed, and is deeply concerned about his fate. They call on the security forces to stop making arbitrary arrests that take place outside the law, and which constitute a flagrant violation of the rights and fundamental freedoms enshrined in the Permanent Constitution of 1973, pursuant to a State of Emergency and martial law declared in the country since 8 March 1963.
28 August 2010