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Turkish border guards fires on civilians near Syrian border
 [ARA News] Qamishli – Turkey’s border police on Tuesday opened fire on a number of Syrian civilians near the town of Amude, who were trying to escape the ongoing war in Syria, activists and eyewitnesses reported. At least one civilian was killed and two more injured when the Turkish border guards opened fire on them on the border with Syria’s Kurdish region, in a bid to prevent them from crossing the border into Turkey. The Kurdish security forces of the Asayish said that Ali Ibrahim Tamme, 23, was killed on Tuesday by Turkish fire near the village of Mearik in Amude suburb. “Also, two civilians were wounded. They were transferred to Amude Hospital for treatment,” local media activist Shiyar Hassan told ARA News. “Turkish border guards have violated humanitarian and moral principles and passed all international laws and norms, by killing innocent Syrian civilians, including children,” the Asayish said in a statement. Turkey has closed all its border gates with Syria’s Kurdish region of Rojava, which forced civilians to seek alternative routes in order to cross the border looking for a safe haven. Dozens have been killed by the Turkish border guards over the past two years, mostly Syrian Kurds. Last May, Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on Turkey to open its borders in order to allow civilians to flee the Syrian Civil War, but so far Turkey has not changed its policies. Gerry Simpson, senior refugee researcher at Human Rights Watch, said: “[Turkish] border guards have killed Syrian asylum seekers and pushed others back into the world’s worst war zone.” “Governments and UN agencies should end their deafening silence on Turkey’s abuse of Syrian asylum seekers and press Turkey to reopen its border to civilians fleeing the horrors in Syria,” Simpson added. Posted by: badanov 2016-10-26 |
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