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Amnesty International Calls on Syria to Try or Release Hundreds of Kurds
The human rights organisation Amnesty International has called on Syria to release Kurds detained during last monthâs violent riots. "Hundreds" of Kurds are being held at unknown locations, incommunicado and without charge, Amnesty said. It called for an independent inquiry into the riots which left 25 dead and injured hundreds in five days. ....The Syrian government has not revealed how many people were detained following clashes between demonstrators and troops. Kurdish leaders said last month that hundreds of people had been released from custody, but that hundreds of others were still being held. In its statement on Tuesday, Amnesty International said: "The incommunicado detention at unknown locations of many hundreds of Syrian Kurds is of serious concern, not least as it puts detainees at greater risk of torture or ill-treatment. .... Unless they are to be charged with recognisably criminal offences and brought to trial without undue delay, they should be released immediately." Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-04-08 |
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