Kurdistan Journalists Syndicate - Syria holds the regime and PYD responsible for knowing the fate of journalist Farhad Hamo

ARK News... On the eighth anniversary of the kidnapping of journalist Farhad Hamo, the Kurdistan Journalists Syndicate Council - Syria, on Thursday, December 15, 2022, held the Syrian regime and the PYD administration responsible for knowing his fate, and it also appealed to all international humanitarian and media bodies and organizations to contribute to finding out his news.

The Kurdistan Journalists Syndicate Council - Syria confirmed in a statement, "Despite the promises of the leadership of the SDF to return to his family shortly after the liberation of the town of Al-Baghouz - Deir Ezzor countryside from the grip of ISIS, the confirmed news about him until this moment is vague, and there are fears for his life after ISIS prisons became run by the SDF."

The Kurdistan Journalists Syndicate Council - Syria called on the organizations to carry out their duty to intervene with the Syrian regime, as well as the organizations that govern some areas in Syria not to attack journalists, and to protect them from the risks of arrest and physical liquidation. The following is the text of the statement, as received by ARK:

Journalist and colleague Farhad Hamo, a member of the Kurdistan Journalists Syndicate Council - Syria, and a correspondent for the Kurdish media channel Rudaw, was kidnapped by a terrorist by ISIS on the fifteenth of December 2014, when he was on a mission to work with his fellow photojournalist Masoud Aqil, who got out of prison in a deal An exchange of prisoners between the People's Protection Units and ISIS through tribal mediation, and until now the fate of our colleague Farhad is still unknown despite the many appeals that we demanded, as well as international press organizations and human rights organizations.

Despite the promises of the SDF leadership to return to his family after the liberation of the town of Al-Baghouz - rural Deir Ezzor from the grip of ISIS, the confirmed news about him until this moment is vague, and there are fears for his life after ISIS prisons became run by the SDF.

We in the Kurdistan Journalists Syndicate Council - Syria hold the Syrian government and the Autonomous Administration responsible for knowing the fate of our colleague Farhad, and we appeal to all international humanitarian and media bodies and organizations to contribute to knowing his news, and we demand these organizations to carry out their duty to intervene with the Syrian regime, as well as the organizations that govern some areas in Syria By not harming journalists, and protecting them from the risks of arrest and physical liquidation.

Kurdistan Journalists Syndicate Council - Syria
15-12-2022

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