Three years of detention, no convictions – for five Kurdish political activists in Syria

Syrian Committee for Human Rights – MAD reports that hearings took place at the Supreme State Security Court in Damascus of four young Kurdish men on 26 January 2010:

• Nazmi Mohammed,
• Yasha Qadir,
• Ahmed Darwish,
• Dilgesh Shamo Mamo,

[Tahsein Khairi Mamo was arrested with these four men but has not appeared with them in court on this occasion].

These young men were arrested on 29 January 2007 in the city of Aleppo by security forces. Their trial has now been postponed for an indefinite time without a reason. Read more