afrinpost – Exclusive
Afrin, Syria – Turkish forces arrested Mr. Hussein Abdul Rahman Osman, the Mukhtar of Çolaqa village in the Jindires district, on Monday, March 10, on charges of concealing properties of the party members (those loyal to the Autonomous Administration previously ruled the region).
20 cases of arbitrary arrests and abductions were documented in March 2023 alone. Out of these, 15 cases targeted innocent civilians from Afrin, while one arrest took place on Turkish territory. Additionally, 11 cases of release have been documented.
Arrest operations are often carried out arbitrarily, with civilians being detained at security checkpoints or through violent raids accompanied by thorough searches of homes and humiliation of their owners. The charges are usually vague and revolve around past relations with the previous Autonomous Administration or alleged collaboration with Kurdish military entities.
