[b]Appeal for the release of Kurdish leader Mohamed Moussa[/b]
Washington DC - July 24, 2008/Yekiti Party/ -- Mr. Mohamed Moussa, the Secretary of the Kurdish Leftist Party in Syria, was interrogated and threatened by the branch of military security in the city of Qamishli, and was then taken to the Division of Military Intelligence base 'Palestine' in Damascus, where investigations were ongoing with him for seven consecutive days. He was then arrested on 19 July 2008 and he remains there until now.
It should be noted that the Kurdish Leftist Party is a member of the Damascus Declaration for National Democratic Change coalition. The arrest of Secretary Mr. Mohamed Moussa comes against the background of his opposition in respect of human rights, to the regime's policy and approach to the Kurdish issue, the abolition of the State of Emergency, and the need for the country to transform into a democratic system to ensure full equality for all Kurds, and true participation with all the nationalities in Syria.
We call on all democratic Governments and active Humanitarian Organizations, especially in Europe to work practically to defend the activists who are fighting for freedom and democracy, and to prevent the Syrian regime from further repression and the confiscation of liberties, by condemning this arbitrary arrest of a leading Kurdish politician, Mohamed Moussa. We are calling for the Syrian government to respect the Constitution, Treaties and International Conventions which it has signed and for the immediate and unconditional release of Mr. Mohammed Moussa and all political detainees in its prisons. We call on the Syrian Government to desist from the practise of arbitrary detention of political opponents, and civil society and human rights activists.
Signed by the Organisations in Europe of the following parties:
[b]Kurdish Yekiti Party in Syria
Kurdish Azadi Party in Syria
Kurdish Democratic Party in Syria - al-Party
Kurdish Democratic Union in Syria
Kurdish Future Movement Party[/b]
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