A statement from the Kurdistan Journalists Syndicate - Syria on the anniversary of the martyrdom of journalist Hozan Abu Zaid

ARK News… The Kurdistan Journalists Syndicate – Syria, on Sunday, November 19, issued a statement on the occasion of the eleventh anniversary of the martyrdom of journalist Hozan Abu Zaid.

The Union said: “When we recall the memory of the martyr Hozan, we know that the profession of journalism is fraught with great risks, but conveying the whole truth to people is a task worthy of sacrifice.”

The organizations defending the rights of journalists called on them to "do their part to uncover the crime of assassinating the martyr Hozan and bring the killers to fair courts."

Below is the full text of the statement:

Eleven years since the martyrdom of our colleague Hozan Abu Zaid
With heavy hearts and sad eyes, today we recall the passing and martyrdom of media colleague Hozan Abu Zaid, who was assassinated in the city of Sere Kaniye, “Ras al-Ayn,” in western Kurdistan on November 19, 2021, at the hands of Democratic Union Party militants.

When we recall the memory of the martyr Hozan, we know that the profession of journalism is fraught with great dangers, but conveying the whole truth to people is a task worthy of sacrifice, especially in areas of tension and war escalation, such as in a country like Syria, where more than 700 male and female journalists have been assassinated from 2011 until now.

In our country, Western Kurdistan, where the authority of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) runs the region, the press that is not aligned with this party suffers from a bitter reality, pressure, siege, and the kidnapping of journalists without any legal justification.

We in the Kurdistan-Syria Journalists Syndicate Council, and on the anniversary of our colleague Hozan Abu Zaid, pledge to our Kurdish people that we will accompany them in monitoring their concerns and pain despite the difficulty of action in our work, and we call on organizations defending the rights of journalists to do their part to uncover the crime of the assassination of the martyr Hozan and bring the killers to fair courts.

Glory to the soul of the heroic martyr Hozan Abu Zaid
And shame on the enemies of the press wherever they are

Kurdistan Journalists Syndicate Council - Syria
Howler on 11-19-2023

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