Human Rights organisations call for immediate enquiry into Newroz killings

Similar reports about the killings of Kurds at the Newroz celebration in al-Raqqa, Syria have been received from the following human rights organisations:

Kurdish Committee for Human Rights in Syria al-Rased

Kurdish organization for the defence of human rights and public freedoms in Syria – DAD

Human Rights Organization in Syria – MAF

SKS joins with these organisations to very strongly condemn the Syrian State, and to hold it accountable for the killing of Kurds in cold blood while they are celebrating their New Year.

We demand that those who were injured today be given appropriate treatment for their injuries and that they are released immediately.

These human rights organisations are demanding that the Syrian Government immediately orders an investigation into the events in al-Raqqa to be undertaken by a neutral authority.

[Update] The Alliance for Kurdish Rights joins this call: http://kurdishrights.org/2010/03/22/syrian-authorities-fire-at-kurds-celebrating-norouz-killing-3-and-injuring-over-40