WEST KURDISTAN, — Many Kurds have been arrested by the Syria security forces during the mass uprising demanding the end to the oligarchic and military regimes.
According to several human rights organisations between 1 – 6 May 2011 the following people were arrested:
In al-Hassaka:
•Sipan Hassan, in an internet cafe.
In Qamishli:
•Akram Darwish, he had been taking photographs of the demonstrations.
•Sherzad Abdulqader Mussa
•Mohammed Shabib
•Nasradin Ahmi, the activist
In Deyrik:
•Diyar Sabri,
•Jotyar Sayfadin
•Idris Adel Mohammed
•Juan Hamed Mirza
•Sipan Azad Ismail
•Tashid Mahsum al-Dershoi
•Haji Yusef
On 7 May 2011, Akram Hossain was arrested after he had been talking to al-Arabiya
On 9 May 2011 the following Kurds were detained after being summoned by military security in Qamishli:
• Anwar Nasso,
•Marwan Hussein,
•Abdul Mohsen Khalaf,
•Feysal al-Qaderi,
•Dilyar Khani,
•Farhad Khani, and
•Jamal Ali Ali.
On 10 May 2011, Kurdish activist Luqman Suleiman was arrested and has since been detained.
The following Kurds were participating in the demonstration in Afrin on 13 May 2011. They were followed to their houses and arbitrarily arrested:
•Azia Ebesh
•Mahmoud Khalil
•Mohammed Burri
•Alan Yusef
•Luqman Berimko
•Mohammed Musto
•Ala Sadeq
•Mohammed Kilo
•Fereydoon Sheikh Mustafa
•Nechirvan Yusef
•Aziz Jaffar
•Serwan Muslim
•Delvan Bakar
•Kenjo Kenjo
•Mohammed Ebesh
•Fiyeq Yusef