Two Kurds released in Syria

The individual military judge in Qamishli has freed  Zubair Hassan and his son Mahmud Zubair Hassan. They were arrested by security forces for possessing Kurdish publications.

Human Rights Organization in Syria – MAF welcome the release of these people and calls for the abolition of the State of Emergency and martial law, which has been used to allow arbitrary arrests. We demand the release all prisoners of conscience in Syria’s prisons

13 February 2010