Rashid Ali Jan: More than 300 citizens of Syrian Kurdistan are in Iraqi prison
ARK News…. Waves of migration are sweeping all areas under the control of the SDF in Syrian Kurdistan to escape from its policy, and migrants are exposed to various kinds of dangers, as the number of detainees in Iraqi prisons has reached more than 300 people.
In a special statement to ARK, Rashid Ali Jan, International Peace Ambassador for Human Rights, revealed that more than 300 Kurdish citizens from Syrian Kurdistan are in Iraqi government prisons in Mosul and several other Iraqi cities.
He added that they were arrested while trying to enter Iraqi territory by smuggling, to escape the injustice of the SDF and the violations it committed against them.
Rashid Ali Jan: "Before the blessed Eid al-Adha, the procedures for the release of 150 detainees were completed, but because of the Eid holiday, the release was delayed."
He pointed out that since the start of the process of releasing Kurdish citizens from Syrian Kurdistan from the Iraqi government prison in Mosul, about 80 people have been released, and 40 others are scheduled to be released tomorrow, Wednesday, July 12, 2023.
Abdul Ghani Luqman Muhammad, 19, from the city of Qamishlo, told ARK that he was arrested in the Simoni area of the city of Shingal, and he spent 3 months and 11 days in Mosul prison.
Abdul Ghani added: "I appeared before the Iraqi court in the city of Mosul, and a lawyer was appointed by the United Nations to defend me, and I was released on Tuesday 7/10/2023, and I am now residing in the city of Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region."
On the reason for his departure from Syrian Kurdistan, Abdul Ghani said: "I fled because of the worsening living situation and the lack of job opportunities, especially since the SDF and PYD control all aspects of life... Either you belong to them or you have no place there."
Stressing that the compulsory recruitment of young people by the SDF was his greatest concern, and what prompted him to cross the border towards the Kurdistan Region was the fear of his arrest, his market for compulsory recruitment, and his throwing him into the fighting fronts.
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