SYRIA, — United Nations special reporter Annand Grover said Kurds in Syria has limited access to the health services, report said on Monday.
Special reporter appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council Groves announced the results of his nine day visit to Syria yesterday. He praised the accomplishments of the Syrian government’s health services in non-Kurd parts of the country and added that access to health services in Kurdish region is “severely hindered”.
“The situation of one of the vulnerable groups in Syria, currently some 300,000 persons of Kurdish origin, is of particular concern to me,” Grover said in a statement issued at a news conference in Damascus.
“Originally, over 100,000 persons of Kurdish origin were rendered stateless by decree in 1962, and as a result they have been deprived of the enjoyment of many rights, including the right to health,” he said.
“I urge the government to follow up on that resolve, as it otherwise casts a shadow over the many remarkable accomplishments in the context of the enjoyment of the right to health,” Grover said.