Hussein Ali al-Suleiman, a member of the central committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), from al-Malekiya city in the north-eastern suburbs of Hasaka governorate, born in 1966, was arrested in the city’s market on December 28, 2022, by Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) personnel. He was taken to an undisclosed location.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights notes that Hussein’s phone was seized following his arrest and he has not been allowed to contact his family. SNHR is concerned that he may be subjected to torture in detention and may go on to become yet another enforced disappearance case, with 85% of all those detained falling into this category.
We call for the provision of reparations for the victims and their families, both materially and morally, and call on all parties to put an end to all arbitrary detentions whose only purpose is to spread mass fear and extort people. We also call for the fate of the thousands of persons forcibly disappeared by the SDF to be revealed.
