Foreign Affairs Commission in Al-Jazeera Canton Rojava –North Syria Violations of the Turkish Army 12, October ,2016
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Index :
Introduction ……………………………… 3
Al-Jazeera Canton - Beating civilian cases 2015 …………… 4 - 6 - Beating civilian cases 2016 …………… 7 - 17 - Shooting Civilian cases ……………….. 18 - 27 - Killing civilian cases …………………... 28 - 36 - Transgressing lands …………………… 37 - 40
Kobani Canton - Killing civilians on the borders ………... 41 - 43 - Injuring civilians ……………………….. 44 - 45 - Transgressing lands …………………….. 46 - 47 Afrin Canton - Beating civilians cases …………………… 48 - 49 - Transgressing lands …………………...... 50 – 52
Contributors …………………………………………… 53
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Violations of the Turkish Army in Rojava
Introduction:
According to the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaimed on 10 December 1948 by General Assembly resolution 217(III) A , and what is mentioned in the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Being Subjected to Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment adopted by the General Assembly resolution 3452 (XXX) on 9 December 1975, and the four Geneva Conventions relative to the protection of civilian persons in time of war in 1949 and the additional protocols of 1979 .
Accordingly, it is the right of individuals and groups to sue whoever violates the agreed upon laws and principles and agreements by the international community to protect them and preserve their rights, especially those fleeing from areas of conflict and war whether civilians or soldiers , by legal or illegal ways through ports or international borders.
We observed and documented scores of cases of beating and killing of civilians on the Turkish-Syrian border by the Turkish border guards. Therefore, out of moral responsibility and our legal and jurist commitment to the principles and laws of the international and humanitarian community ,we decided to submit this file to the relevant international bodies .
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Al-Jazeera Canton
Beating civilians cases 2015 Case (1)
Name: Muath Ayman Abo Rizma from Damascus born on 1986
Date and place of the incident : at 10:00 pm on 21/1/2015 in Til Aylloul village near to Al-Darbasiyah city.
Mr. Muath Ayman Abo Rizma came from Damascus to go to Turkey, escaping from the ongoing clashes in his region, and in Til Aylloul village in Al-Darbasiyah city in Rojava ( Northern Syria) while trying to cross Turkish- Syrian borders, he was captured and beaten by Turkish gendarmes which led to fractures in his nose, as well as severe damage in his body, after that they threw him on the Syrian side of the borders.
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Case (2)
Name: Hani Almuheimeed
Date and place of the incident : on 13/7/2015 in Al-Arrada village in Abo Rasin township.
He was beaten by Turkish gendarmes, when he was trying to cross the borders and he was taken to Abo Rasin medical clinic, he suffered several bruises and injuries in his body as the doctor stated.
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Case (3)
Name : Sheikhmoos Ahmad Jameel–from Al-Darbasiyah born on 1958
Date and place of the incident : on 19/10/2015 in Sherk village in Al- Darbasiyah city.
He was captured and beaten by Turkish gendarmes while trying to cross the borders ,which led to fractures in his head and was stabbed in his left side of the waist, after beating him they threw him on the Syrian side of the borders.
Then the police forces (Asayish) took him to Al-Ali hospital in Al-Darbasiyah city and provided him with first aid then it was obvious that he had severe fractures in the head, a knife stab and damages in several parts in his body according to the doctor.
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2016 Case (1)
Name: Akeed Mahmoud Dalal born on 1982- Amuda
Date and place of the incident : on 16/2/2016 on the borderline near to Tirwazi village in Amuda city.
On 16/2/2016 Akeed Mahmoud Dalal tried to go to Turkey by crossing the borders near to Tirwazi village, but Turkish gendarmes captured him and beat him by the soles of their weapons on his head and body, then they threw him on the Syrian side of the borders, and after providing him first aid it showed that there are bruises in his head and the rest of his body due to the beating according to the specialist doctor.
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Case (2)
Name: Muhammad Nour Mansour born on 1989 in Damascus city
Date and place of incident : on 7/3/2016 on the borderline near to Hamdoun village in Amuda city.
Muhammad Nour Mansour escaped from the armed conflict in his region to go to Turkey.
In Hamdoun village in Amuda city, while trying to cross the borders he was captured by Turkish gendarmes who beat him on his head, tore his clothes and all his identification papers, and threw him naked on the borders.
After applying first aid the specialist doctor said that he had many bruises on his head and body.
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Case (3)
Name: Muhammad Baha Alnahar born on 1995 from Aniq Alhawa
Date and place of the incident : at 05:00 am on 24/5/2016 in Chatal village in Al-Darbasiyah city.
Muhammad Baha Alnahar who came from Til-Tamer countryside to go to Turkey for work, because of his difficult living conditions, and while he tried to cross the borders in Chatal village, Turkish gendarmes captured him and beat him then threw him on the Syrian side of the borders, after first aid it showed that he had bruises in his head, back , feet and a broken lower jaw.
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Case (4)
Name: Ibrahim Mahmoud Al-khadir born on 1994 in Khirbat Sodda village
Date and place of the incident : at 05:00 am on 24/5/2016 in Chatal village in Al-Darbasiyah city.
Ibrahim Mahmoud Al-khidir came from Til-Tamer countryside to work in Turkey due to his difficult living conditions.
In Chatal village in Rojava ( Northern Syria) while he tried to cross the borders, he was captured by Turkish gendarmes, and they threw him on the Syrian side of the borders after he was beaten by them.
After first aid the doctor said that Ibrahim Al-khidir has many contusions on his head, back , feet and his eyes were exposed to severe bruises.
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Case (5)
Name: Haydar Muhammad Khalaf born on 1995 – Sari Kani
Date and place of the incident : 29/7/2016 on the Turkish borders adjacent to Sari Kani city.
Haydar Muhammad Khalaf wanted to go to Turkey to work there, and while trying to cross Syrian-Turkish borders , Turkish gendarmes captured him, beat him and burned his clothes, ID and some important papers, because they found a picture of his brother wearing YPG clothes in his mobile phone, then they expelled him to Rojava, as he was taken to Roj hospital in Sari Kani city.
Haydar Muhammad Khalaf had violence marks on his back and belly according to the specialist doctor.
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Case (6)
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Names:
Mahir Abdulshalhat from Deir Al-zor- 1995
Ahmad Rajab Al-Abdullah born on 1998 - Deir Al-zor
Bashar Khalaf Al-Abdullah born on 2002 - Deir Al-zor
Joumaa Haj Alraheel born on 1990 - Deir Al-zor
Nazeer Khalaf Tahin born on 1998 - Deir Al-zor
Date and place of the incident : on 11/8/2016 on the Turkish borders between Mabrouka region and Til- Khanzeer in the western side of Sari Kani city.
Those young men came from Deir Al zor city and Manbij, aiming to work in Turkey after crossing the borders, but Turkish gendarmes made them an ambush, then they closed their eyes and handcuffed them, started to beat them with fists, sticks and kicks, insulting them as well .The Turkish gendarmes threw them on Syrian border then police forces (Asayish) took them to Roj hospital to be treated, where the medical examiner said that they have varying injuries like: fractures in the feet, hands and joints with several bruises in their bodies.
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Case (7)
Name: Abd Khalaf Al-Hanoush born on 1994 in Deir Al-zor
Date and place of the incident: on 12/9/2016 in Abo Alsson village in the western countryside of Sari Kani city.
While he was crossing the borders with a group, He was beaten and tortured and wounded by Turkish gendarmes, then they threw him on the Syrian side of the borders, where police forces ( Asayish) took him to Roj hospital in Sari Kani.
The damages: he was beaten severely, injuries in several parts of his body and malformation in the face.
Note : The video is in the attached folder .
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Case (8)
Name: Khalil Al-Issa Ibrahim born on 15/2/1994 in Al-Hasakah city.
Name : Abdulaziz Al-Muhammad Bin Omar , born on 1992 in Al-Hasakah city.
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Name: Hussein Al-our Ali, born on 16/3/1992 from Nashwa Gharbiya in Al- Hasakah city.
Name: (In the middle )Hussein Abdul Rahman Muhammad, born on 2/4/1982 in Al-Hasakah city.
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Names: Ali Waleed Muhammad born on 2002 from Qamishlo city
Fayiz Hassan Ahmad born on 1996 from Nashwa Kharbiya in Al-Hasakah city.
Date and place of the incident: on 3/9/2016 on the borders between Sari Kani and Ceylan Pinar city.
The damages: several injuries in the body and torture marks on their face and body caused by using sharp tools such as sticks, the soles and barrels of their weapons.
While they were crossing the borders they were captured by Turkish gendarmes in an ambush, where they were beaten severely, tortured, and they took their money and mobile phones. One of injured was tortured more than the others because the gendarmes thought he was a Kurd .
Note : The video is in the attached folder.
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Shooting civilians cases: 2016 Case (1)
Name: Adnan Khalaf Al-zuhedan born on 1999 in Raj'an village in Sari Kani city
Date and place of the incident : on 12/1/2016 in Raj'an village in the western countryside of Sari Kani city, he was shot and wounded in his right leg, where he was taken to Roj hospital for treatment.
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Case (2)
Name: Yaseen Muhammad Al-Husayn, born on 1993 in Misherfa village in Sari Kani
Date and place of the incident : at 1:00 pm on 3/2/2016 in Misherfa village.
He stated that he went to herd the sheep as usual near to Syrian-turkish borders, then Turkish gendarmes shot him directly in his right leg which led him to fall, at that time police forces (Asayish) took him to Roj hospital in Sari Kani to treat him, where he underwent a surgery to extract the bullet.
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Case (3)
Name: Ibrahim Abdallah Sayid Rasoul born on 1997 in Bab Salama
Date and place of the incident:18/2/2016 Batirzan village in Girke Lage
Turkish army shot the people of Batirzan village in Girke Lage, who went to farm their lands. One bullet hit Ibrahim Sayid Rasoul in his waist then he was taken to the hospital.
He said in the attached video that he went with his uncle to his field which is far from the borders about 300 meters, to spray the agricultural pesticides, but the Turkish army shot them directly, then he was taken to the hospital by his uncle.
Note : The video is in the attached folder .
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Case (4)
Name: Ahmad Hamoud Alhusayn
Date and place of the incident : on 7/3/2016 on the borderline between Al- Arrada village and Al-Aliya located on the road between Al-Darbasiyah and Sari Kani cities.
He was shot on his right shoulder while he tried to cross the borders, then was thrown on the Syrian side of the borders, he was hospitalized by the villagers to Dari hospital in Amuda city due to the lack of medical kits in Al-Darbasiyah and Sari Kani cities. Now he is in a stabilized condition according to the doctor in the hospital.
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Case (5)
Name: Imar Safwat Al-Husayn born on 1990 from Deir Al-zor, living in Qamishlo city.
Date and place of the incident : on 15/4/2016 in Almattla village in the eastern countryside of Sari Kani city.
Imar Alhusein came to the region to go to turkey to reunite with her family . She tried to cross the borders in Almattla village where Turkish gendarmes shot her, and she was wounded in her leg. Then a police force (Asayish) patrol of Sari Kani took her to Roj hospital .
The specialist doctor said that the leg bone was crushed and we did the needed procedures.
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Case (6)
Name: Kawthar Muhammad Junnayd born on 2001 in Til-halaf in Sari Kani
Date and place of the incident : on 14/5/2016 in Til-halaf village in Sari Kani
While herding the sheep 700 meters far from the borders, Turkish gendarmes shot her legs, where she was taken to Roj hospital for treatment, and the specialist doctor explained that she has a gunshot wound in both her legs with major skin loss.
Case (7)
Name: Amer Raddad Kati' born on 1982 – Abo Manasib village
Date and place of the incident : on 2/8/2016 in Ein Dewar village.
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The shepherd Amer said that at 3:00 he was 200 meters far from the borders when a car of Turkish army came with seven soldiers and they started shooting at him. He was wounded in his leg as well as four sheeps.
Then a patrol of border guards came and rescued him to Derik hospital. He is in a good condition now after having surgery .
Anti-Organized Crime office of (Asayish) and the forensic doctor report which confirms that the shepherd Amir Katie was wounded by Turkish army weapons on 2/8/2016.
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Case (8)
Name: Hurreya Ahmad Al-hawam born on 1986 in Bumass'a village.
Name of the baby : Nadeya Salih born on 2015 in Deir Al-zor city.
Date and place of the incident: on 20/8/2016 in Khirbat Aljoz region in Tal Khanzeer village in Sari Kani countryside.
While she was trying to cross the borders with her baby to Turkey in khirbat Aljoz region in Tal Khanzeer village in Sari Kani countryside, Turkish gendarmes shot at her then a patrol of police forces ( Asayish) took her to Roj hospital . She was wounded lightly in her chest and she was treated.
The baby was wounded lightly in her face.
Note : The video is in the attached folder .
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Case (9)
Name: Ilias Hamza Homid born on 1994 in Deir Al-zor city
Date and place of the incident: on 20/8/2016 in khirbat Aljoz region in Tal Khanzeer village in the countryside of Sari Kani city.
He was shot by Turkish gendarmes while crossing the borders , he was wounded in his hand then a patrol of police forces(Asayish) took him to Roj hospital in Sari Kani city.
Note: the video is in the attached folder.
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Case (10)
Name: Malka Qasim born on 1999 in Deir Al-Zor city.
Date and place of the incident: on 5/9/2016 at 2:00 am in Um Al-Saharij village 70 km west of Sari Kani city.
They were shot by Turkish gendarmes while they were crossing the borders. The shooting caused wounded and dead including children.
Damages: she got wounded by three bullets in the neck, belly and her leg and she was treated in Roj hospital in Sari Kani city.
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Killing Civilians Cases : Case (1)
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Name : Hamza Abdul Rahman Dawud from Al-Darbasiyah 1994.
Date and Time of the incident : Monday 5/9/2016 , Al-Khashafya village on the main road between Al-Darbasiyah and Amuda .
Hamza Abdul Rahman Dawud and a group of his co-workers rented a car to go from Al-Darbasiyah to Amuda .On the main road next to Alkhashafya village close to a Turkish border point about 30 meters , a Turkish soldier shot a bullet at the rented car which hit Hamza in the left shoulder causing immediate death according to witnesses and the forensic doctor's report .
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Case (2)
Name: Hassan Ali Fattas born on 1991 in Sari Kani
Date and place of the incident : 11/7/2016 in Sari Kani 700 meters near the borders.
Turkish gendarmes targeted him in front of his house in Sari Kani near the borders where he was shot dead then he was taken to Roj hospital in Sari Kani city, the specialist doctor stated that the cause of death was a heart failure immediately after being shot by the sniper's bullet.
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Case (3)
Name: Khalil Dawoud Mahsiko born on 1996 in Sari Kani
Date and place of the incident: 31/7/2016 on the Turkish borders near Sari Kani city.
When he was coming back from Turkey to Syria in the adjacent region to Sari Kani city, while crossing Syrian borders , he was captured by a group of Turkish gendarmes consisted of five members, who started to beat him, then shot three bullets at his testicles because they found pictures of the Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan in his mobile phone.
Khalil was taken to Roj hospital and the doctor said that cause of death was a severe bleeding . 31
Case (4)
Name: Daleel Bashar Darbas born on 1992 in Al-Alliya village in Al-Darbasiyah city.
Date and place of the incident : at 11:00 pm on 16/5/2016 in Al-Alliya village in Al-Darbasiyah city.
He emigrated because of his difficult living conditions , and while crossing the Turkish borders he was captured by Turkish gendarmes , who beat him and shot him in his left eye, which was the cause of death then they threw him on the Syrian side of the borders.
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Case (5)
Name: Ammar Muhammad Bakir born on 2000 in Raj'an village in Sari Kani city.
Date and place of the incident : 12/1/2016 in Rajaan village in the western countryside of Sari Kani city.
While returning from Turkey and crossing borders, he was shot in his chest by Turkish gendarmes which caused his death.
Case (6)
Name: Aisha Mahmoud Khalil
Date and place of the incident : in Hilleewa village in Al-Darbasiyah city.
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In Hilleewa village in Rojava ,while crossing the Turkish borders the gendarmes shot her in the left kidney , she bled for three hours until she lost her life, then the Turkish gendarmes threw her on the Syrian side of the border, at that time Asayish forces took her to Al-Ali hospital in Al-Darbasiyah city.
She was shot in her left kidney and bled for three hours and that was the cause of death according to the doctor.
Case (7)
Name: Awayad Ahmad Al-Ahmad born on 1981 in Deir Al-Zor city.
Date and place of the incident: at 2:00 am on 5/9/2016 in Um Al-Saharij village 70 km west of Sari Kani city.
While he was crossing the borders Turkish gendarmes shot at him directly which caused his death.
Damages: shots in his shoulder and chest which led to immediate death.
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Case (8)
Name: Rojeen Awayad Al-Ahmad born on 2011 in Deir Al Zor city, daughter of Awayad Ahmad Al-Ahmad (case 7).
Date and place of the incident: at 2:00 am on 5/9/2016 in Um Al-Saharij village 70 km west of Sari Kani city.
While she was crossing the borders with her father Turkish gendarmes shot at them.
Damages: a shot in her waist which led to her death immediately.
Note : The video is in the attached folder .
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Case (9)
Name: Ahmad Ali Al-Ali born on 1996 in Aleppo
Date and place of the incident: on 12/9/2016 in Abo-Alsson village in the western countryside of Sari Kani city.
While he was trying to cross the Turkish borders with some people to work there, Turkish gendarmes set an ambush for them, they captured him, beat and tortured him severely which led to his death, then the gendarmes threw him on the Syrian side of the borders, at that time the police forces ( Asayish) took him to Roj hospital in Sari Kani city.
Ahmad Al-Ali had severe bleeding due to the beaten and he lost his life before reaching the hospital.
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Transgressing lands
Image (1)
Images of Turkish army entering Banokiya village in Derik region .
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Image (2)
Images of Turkish army’s occupation of Rojava lands in Qamishlo region.
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Image ( 3)
Occupying Rojava territories on the borderline near to Banokiya village , Sermsakh, Batirzan and Ein Diwar in Al-Jazeera Canton on 25/12/2015.
Video (1)
The video shows Turkish army with an engineer and a translator to put marking points for the barrier on the borderline in Banokiya, Sermsakh, Batirzan and Ein Diwar villages.
Video (2)
The video shows the sounds of Turkish army's gunshots shooting the protestors in Sermsakh village who were gathered protesting against Turkey's attempt to occupy Rojava territories.
Video (3)
People of Sermsakh and Ein Diwar villages are talking about building a cement wall by Turkish government inside Syrian lands, and cutting a lot of lands, even not allowing the owners of those lands to go near for about 400 meters, shooting at them.They also talked about their attempt to prevent Turkish army from
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The people explained their suffer of not being able to plant their lands, fearing the shooting of Turkish army at them, as happened previously and caused the injuring and death of some people.
In the video obvious images of the wall in Sermsakh village which is 6 km long and 200 meters inside Syrian territories.
Video (4)
Mr. Abdul Rahman is from Sermsakh village since 70 years, and depends on his land to live, but now his land has been divided to almost two parts by the Turkish army.
Note : The videos are in the attached folder .
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Kobane Canton
Killing civilians on the borders
Case (1)
Bozan Haji Nazo was shot dead by Turkish army in the head on the borderline in Kobane Canton, while thwarting Turkish gendarmes attempt to occupy Rojava lands on 2/9/2016.
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Case (2)
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Ahmad Hassan Bakri was killed due to a shot in the head by Turkish army on the borderline in Kobane canton, when Turkish gendarmeries tried to occupy Rojava's lands on 2/9/2016.
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Injuring civilians
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Images of the wounded when thwarting Turkish occupation in Kobane city.
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Transgressing lands
Transgressing Rojava lands by Turkish army in Kobane canton and the protestation of people on 28/8/2016.
Video (1)
Turkish government's attempt to occupy territories of Kobane canton on 31/8/2016.
Video (2)
Suffocation cases due to tear gas during people’s resistance of the Turkish intervention on 4/9/2016.
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Video (3)
Turkish army shooting at the protestors on the borders.
Note : The videos are in the attached folder .
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Afrin Canton
Beating civilians
Case (1)
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When Ameen Hasko 20 years, Muhammad Hasko 17 years, Qahraman Hasko 21 years, and Muhammad Hasko 28 years old tried to return from Turkey to Afrin city, the Turkish army tortured and beat them severely on the borders.
The young men tried to cross the borders to Afrin from Ali kara village which subtends Islah city in Turkey.
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Transgressing lands
Case (1)
Date and place of the incident : on 1 August 2016 Turkish army transgressed 300 meters from Bikke village in Bilbela town of Afrin canton, and uprooted more than 80 trees.
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Case (2)
Turkish army set fire on the borders between Afrin canton and Turkey which burned 10 hectares of wheat crop belonging to Ameen Ismaiel from Mamoolo village in Rajo town in Afrin.
And Turkish border guards also set fire to the lands between Sorka village and Midan Ikbes village in Rajo town on the border along 15 km, and caused the burning of 10 hectares of wheat crop in Nabie Batman region, which is owned by Ameen Ismaiel from Mamoolo village.
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Case (3)
Members of Turkish border guards set fire the agricultural lands at Al-auzri point in Bilbela town in Afrin city on 6/9/2016.
Video (1)
Turkish authorities continue building a cement wall on the borders with Kurdish regions in Syria, including its borders with Afrin city. The video shows Turkish machinery performing building operations with the Black river appearing behind the wall as well.
This wall has a height of 3 meters with security cameras and spotlights.
Building this wall which extends from Bikke village in Bilbil township to Hammam village in Jindrees township will cause the deprivation from Black river's water (which stems from Turkey ) in the plains of (Midan Ikbes, Sorkiyh and Shadeeyah) village.
Note : The videos are in the attached folder .
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Contributors in the preparation of this file :
Foreign Affairs Commission Health Commission Internal Commission Humans Rights Office
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