afrinpost – Exclusive
“A media-banned area”, this is Afrin under the Turkish occupation and its Islamist militias. As no accurate numbers on the violations, victims, and the number of citizens who have been arrested and kidnapped are available, and the below numbers were documented and compiled by human rights organizations and news agencies.
Martyrs:
161 male and female civilians, including / 29 / children and / 18 / women were died in premeditated murders, bombings, and under torture during the kidnapping.
Detainees and Abducted:
The total number of detainees, kidnapped and forcibly disappeared persons exceeded 8000 cases during the past three years and included men, women, minors and elderly people, and an estimated of: 1,600 citizens are still detained.
In addition, about 100 detainees were transferred to Turkish territory to appear before the Turkish courts, and unfair sentences were passed against them
Most prominent prisons:
More than 20 prisons, and dozens of other secret prisons – in addition to the military and civil police prisons are full of kidnapped and detainees in Afrin. Citizens from Afrin are also transferred to prisons outside the region to (Al-Raai, Al-Ziraa Prison in Al-Bab and Sejjo prison in Azaz city).
Archaeology:
The number of archaeological sites that were violated by bulldozing, excavation and excavation work are: 75 archaeological hills and 28 archaeological sites classified by the Directorate of Antiquities-Afrin.
Trees and forests:
The number of trees that have been cut down or uprooted has exceeded 1,500,000 trees.
The area of planted and wooded forests that were eradicated by burning and cutting was approximately 15,000 hectares.
Seized Property:
More than 60% of the property (agricultural lands, olive fields, real estate, apartments and shops..) was seized.
As for clothes sewing workshops that remained in Afrin region is less than 6%, while the number before the Turkish occupation exceeded 850, from which only 50 left.
Forced displacement and demographic change:
More than 300,000 Kurdish citizens were displaced, and in return, about 500,000 people from the families of the militia gunmen and IDPs from al-Ghouta-Damascus, the countryside of Homs, Hama, Idlib, and Aleppo there, while the percentage of the Kurdish people in Afrin region decreased to 20% after it was more than 95%.
