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My friends died of torture in Turkish-held prisons in Syria: Former detainee |
2022-10-17 |
[Rudaw] A woman from northwestern Syria’s Afrin city, who spent over two years imprisoned by ...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty... inside the prisons, telling Rudaw about her friends who died under the varying forms of torture they were continuously subjected to. The Seeking sanctuary, thousands of indigenous Kurds were forced to flee Afrin to Kurdish-controlled areas in northeast Syria (Rojava) when Ankara invaded the city. Lonzhin Abdo was detained by "We stayed at numerous prisons, not only those of al-Hamzat," Lonzhin told Rudaw’s Hussein Omar on Saturday, referring to the Syrian National Army (SNA)-affiliated rebel group which has cooperated with "Before Hamzat, we were held by Several people died of hunger or illnesses and numerous other did away with himself due to the harsh conditions, according to the former detainee, saying they never received any medical care inside the prisons. In addition to the poor conditions inside the prisons, Lonzhin says the detainees were also prohibited from any form of contact with their families and also denied legal representation and court hearings. "For two years and seven months we had no contact with our families. We had no contact with our mother until they told us that our mother and brothers were killed," said Lonzhin, adding "there were also no legal prosecutions... We would ask what have we done? But no one would answer." Over 7,000 Kurds from Afrin were kidnapped and arrested since the invasion, reported SOHR in March, with that around 1,300 of them remaining in prison. The conflict forced over 310,000 families to flee the area, the rights watchdog added. In its annual report for 2019, Amnesty documented a "wide range of abuses" against Afrin’s civilian at the hands of |
Posted by:trailing wife |
#1 Guess the US can address that, right after we clean up our own prisons. |
Posted by: Skidmark 2022-10-17 13:07 |