{"id":55824,"date":"2021-03-11T21:21:09","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T21:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=55824"},"modified":"2021-03-11T21:21:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T21:21:10","slug":"sdf-refutes-reporters-without-borders-accusations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/55824\/","title":{"rendered":"SDF refutes Reporters Without Borders accusations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> On Thursday, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) issued a statement in response to the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) report in which it accused the SDF of arresting three journalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In its statement, the SDF confirmed that its forces are not responsible for public law or taking actions against individuals.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;As a military force, the Syrian Democratic Forces is not responsible for public law enforcement and is not authorized to take legal action against individuals,&#8221; the SDF said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Legal action concerning individuals in northeast Syria falls under the responsibility of judicial and law enforcement institutions and Internal Security Forces (Asayish) of the Autonomous Administration,&#8221; the statement added.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The SDF pointed out that their forces are not responsible, associated, or involved in the claims of arrests as mentioned by Reporters Without Borders.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On March 8, the <a href=\"https:\/\/rsf.org\/en\/news\/wave-kurdish-arrests-syrian-journalists\">RSF<\/a> issued a report on its official website saying that &#8220;the SDF has arrested three reporters in the past few weeks,&#8221; calling for the release of those still held.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Prepared by Jiwan Shikaki<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The #SDF pointed out that their forces are neither responsible, associated or involved in the claims of arrests as mentioned by Reporters Without Borders<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":55825,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-military-developments","category-syria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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