Afrin... The Turkish security campaign against the indigenous Kurds continues

Afrin... The Turkish security campaign against the indigenous Kurds continues

Sep 14 2020

ARK News: A Human Rights Organization working to document violations in the Kurdish region of Afrin reported on its main page of Facebook, on Sunday, 13.09.2020, that with the except that the pro-Turkish factions and groups are carrying out the operation of theft and looting and armed robbery and indiscriminate kidnapping, and seizure of property of residents and logging olive trees people, and Kidnappings are still going against Kurdish civilians.

The Human Rights Organization in Afrin said that within the framework of the Turkish security campaign against the indigenous Kurds in the Afrin region, who cling to their lands and homes, with the aim of fighting them economically for their livelihood and forcing them to think about leaving.

The Human Rights Organization in Afrin added that, on Wednesday 09/09/2020, the military police raided a number of houses with a Turkish military armored vehicle, accompanied by armed militia members of the Ahrar al-Sharqiya faction, who were controlling the village of Qasim of Rajo township, and kidnapped citizens of the village on charges of dealing with the previous administration and Compulsory Service, for the purpose of material extortion and collecting the ransom, and taking them to prison in the town center, and then transferring them to the city of Afrin to present them to trial in order to impose the financial fine under the name (bond of bail) in exchange for their release, and they are:
1 - Agid Sheikho.
2 - Jalal Muhammad Sheikho.

The series of violations continue in the Afrin region, which was controlled by Turkey and the armed factions, March 18, 2018, and organized chaos has spread in light of the poor security conditions and a large number of killings, kidnappings, and arrests, not to mention the looting and resettling Arab settlers coming from Syrian provinces for demographic change.

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