{"id":56552,"date":"2021-03-25T17:55:03","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T17:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=56552"},"modified":"2021-03-25T17:55:03","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T17:55:03","slug":"mother-of-syrian-kurd-imprisoned-in-turkey-pleads-for-help-from-un-rights-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/56552\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother of Syrian Kurd imprisoned in Turkey pleads for help from UN, rights groups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KOBANI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 <\/strong>On Thursday, the mother of imprisoned Syrian Kurd Cicek Kobani called on human rights groups and the United Nations to intervene to stop a Turkish court\u2019s ruling against her daughter, which she describes as \u201cillegal and unjust.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wahida Othman told North Press in an interview that her daughter was kidnapped from the village of al-Mushairfa, near the town of Ain Issa, in late 2019 while \u201ccarrying out humanitarian work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Tuesday, Turkish courts handed down a life sentence to Cicek Kobani, real name Dozgin Temmo, who was a volunteer in the rank of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The mother added that her daughter was essentially kidnapped by \u201carmed mercenaries\u201d on Syrian territory, before they handed her over to Turkey. Temmo was born in the city of Kobane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Othman believes that the ones who took her daughter, whom she described as mercenaries, should be the ones facing trial rather than her daughter. \u201cIf she is to be tried, she must be tried in Syria. Turkey has no right to pass judgement against my daughter,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kobani\u2019s mother appealed to human rights organizations and the UN to intervene to overturn her daughter\u2019s sentence, both because she was working as a humanitarian and because she was illegally taken from Syrian territory. She added that Turkish authorities have recently prevented her from speaking with her daughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Fourth Geneva Convention prohibits an occupying country from transferring groups or individuals to its own territory, regardless of the reason. Turkey has arrested dozens of Syrian citizens from Syria and transferred them to Turkey for trial, according to both Human Rights Watch and the Violations Documentation Center \u2013 Northern Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reporting by Fattah Issa<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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