Kurds under pressure from increase in arrests in Kobani, Syria

The fate of the Kurdish citizen Mustafa Mohammad Ali Khalaf, born 1968 in Kobani has been unknown since his arrest on 3 May 2010 by the Political Security branch in Kobani, during a raid on his house in the middle of the night. The security patrol searched his home and interfered with his personal property, and then took him to an unknown destination.

Mustafa is married and has seven children, and he is the sole breadwinner for his family.

In a related development Subhy Osman Berkul, born in 1965 in Kobani was arrested by Political security branch on 14 February 2010.  He was arrested while returning from work at night to his home. No-one has been able to communicate with him since his arrest, and there is no information about the reason for arrest, nor of his whereabouts.
There has been a noticeable increase in the arrests of Kurds in the Kobani area

Media Institute of West Kurdistan Society – Kobani

17 June 2010