Syria detained eight members of its Kurdish minority on Wednesday after breaking up a children's protest in Damascus demanding the Kurdish language be taught in schools. The Kurdish parties said about 200 Kurdish children marched to the headquarters of the United Nations children's agency, where scuffles broke out with security forces. "They broke up the protest violently and arrested a number of the children's parents. The number that we have arrived at up to now is eight who are with the security apparatus," Abdel-Baqi Youssef, Secretary of the Yakiti Kurdish party, told Reuters. "Their fate is not currently known, nor do we know what charges they will face or if they will be set free soon," he added. The protesters also demanded full citizenship rights for Kurds, who say they make up over two million of Syria's population of roughly 17 million.
| Got a little success going for them in Iraq, so now they want to see if they can improve their position in Syria. Heh heh... |
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