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Yesterday, Monday, the Islamic militias affiliated with the Turkish occupation and the Muslim Brotherhood sentenced an activist settled in the occupied Kurdish region of Afrin, northern Syria, to 15 days imprisonment and a fine of 400 Turkish liras for insulting the Syrian National Army militia.
Activist Mahmoud Dimashqi, a settler in Jenderes, announced on the 20th of last July that he would appear before the military court in the Jenderes district, on charges of inciting against the Turks and weakening national sentiment.
Yesterday, Monday, the settler activist published the court’s decision on his Facebook page, while the decision witnessed widespread criticism by commentators.
The court said in its decision that “it is possible to reduce his sentence from three months to 15 days … and replace the remainder of the sentence with a fine of 300 Turkish liras.”
The decision adds that “in the event of non-payment, he will be imprisoned one day for every thirty Turkish liras. Al-Dimashqi concluded saying that he will delete any offensive comment noting that his page is monitored.
Al-Dimashqi expressed his position on the decision in a new post yesterday, Tuesday, in which he said ” I was punished for a post, but what about a person who threw a bomb in a store and killed a woman and a child?” In reference to an incident that led to the storming of the headquarters of Al-Hamzah Squad in Afrin late last May.
He added, asking: “What about those who abuse our Kurdish brothers because they possess power and weapons? What about the real criminals? This court that sentenced me must one day judge the real criminals, ”as he put it.
“Al-Dimashqi” was arrested before that in mid-May, after he criticized the military police wearing the Turkish flag on their official clothes.
He wrote at the time on his personal page: “There is no doubt that Turkey is not honored by placing its flag on the breasts of the hypocrites. If you, like the Turks, were proud of your country and your revolution, you would have become a peer to them and not just their slaves.”
The settler activist confirmed at the time that he was lured by the “military police” militia, claiming that he had received a sum of money in favor of orphans. He also revealed that he had been threatened with death by military police and that he had been beaten and tortured.
