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Two young Kurdish citizens of occupied Afrin lost their lives under torture in prisons run by of Turkey and its militias, after spending years of detention, and their bodies were not handed over to their families.
Our correspondent stated that the two Kurdish youths, Kawa Omar, 34, from the village of Dargirê, and Ismat Rashid Medawar, 30, from the village of Xelnêrê- Afrin countyside, lost their lives as a result of severe torture inflicted upon them in the prison.
The correspondent added that Ismat was arrested by Ahrar al-Sham on 9/8/2018, and he was kept all this time in the notorious al-Ra’i prison, until his death under torture two days ago.
Ismat Medawar
According to a relative of Ismat, the militia did not delivered his body to his family despite their demand, and indicated that the militia buried his body in an unknown location, to conceal the murder, and added: “Ismat, who is married and has four children, was killed since last June, but the news of his death arrived two days ago.”
As for the second citizen who lost his life in prison, Kawa, who is from the village of Dargirê, a former cellmate of him told afrinpost that one night was taken and severely tortured, then was brought and thrown in the cell. In the morning we woke up to find out that Kawa had lost his life. It was a great shock.” The young man could not recall a specific date of Kawa’s death, but said that he lost his life in 2020.
Kawa Omar
On 4/4/2021, our website obtained information indicating his death, but we were not able to reveal. A close source stated that the citizen “Kawa Omar” is being held in the notorious “Al-Zira’a” prison, in the occupied Al-Bab area, and that he has lost his mental faculty as a result of severe torture inflicted upon him for three years, and that he is in a very dire situation.
The militia did not deliver Kawa’s body to his family, and concealed the news of his death, and as happened to Ismat’s body, they buried it in an unknown location, to cover up their crime. Thus, the militia hid him alive and dead. According to our correspondent, the family, after confirming the authenticity of his death, is now searching for the body.
The Turkish-backed “Al-Hamza” militia had kidnapped “Kawa Omar” from his village, Dargirê-Afrin, on 6/9/2018, and his 27-year-old wife, Rokan Manla,was kidnapped. Later, she was appeared in the leaked video of the kidnapped women, carrying a child on the day of the raid on al-Hamza headquarters in Afrin on 28/5/2020. Also, his father-in-law and her brother were arrested with Kawa, and while the others were released, he was kept in prison until he lost his live in.
