In remarkable move the Kurdish civil society of Amouda city, north east Syria; have protested in solidarity with the detainees in the PYD prisons.
The open sit-in started week ago demanding release of detainees in the Kurdish chambers of PYD. Activists said '' We need our sons out of the Kurdish Guantanamo''.
The Kurdish party that well-known by supporting Assad's regime has accused of arresting many Kurdish activists for their solid position with the revolution.
The Kurdish party is a member of the National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change. Although it is critical of the Assad government, the PYD has been accused by the Syrian opposition of collaboration with the Ba'athist regime, acting as enforcers for Assad in Kurdish areas, silencing critics such as Mashaal Tammo.
Certain Kurdish opposition figures have even claimed that the Syrian Army has handed over control of certain parts of northeastern Syria to the PYD, leading to disputes and clashes between the PYD, the KNC, and the Syrian National Council. The PYD has accused the SNC as acting as Turkey's henchmen, and due to a long running dispute between the PKK and the KDP, it is also at odds with the KDP supported Kurdish National Council.
PYD is a Syrian Kurdish political party established in 2003 by Kurdish nationalists in northern Syria. The party is affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which is listed and considered a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States, the European Union and NATO.
by Mohamed Hamdan
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