Vice President of the Syrian Opposition Coalition (SOC), Abdul Majeed Barakat, has underscored the significance of human rights reports documenting the flagrant violations perpetrated by the PYD terrorist militia in areas under its control east of the Euphrates River. Barakat emphasized that such reports consistently prompt the SOC to advocate for an end to support for this militia, the prosecution of war criminals, and the empowerment of rightful landowners to govern their territories, steering clear of authoritarian models akin to the Assad regime.
In a press statement, Barakat reiterated the imperative to safeguard civilians residing east of the Euphrates, condemning the ongoing violations that particularly impact women and children, leading to mass displacement in search of safer havens.
Barakat urged the American administration to withdraw support for the PYD militia, cautioning that persisting in labeling it as a “partner” damages the reputation of the United States and carries legal ramifications, particularly considering documented war crimes by the PYD militia as reported by independent human rights organizations.
Amnesty International’s latest report accuses the PYD terrorist militia of widespread war crimes against tens of thousands of civilians, including arbitrary arrest and torture. Despite ISIS’s regional defeat over five years ago, the report reveals that tens of thousands remain indefinitely detained by the PYD militia, many enduring inhumane conditions and torture, including severe beatings, electrocution, and gender-based violence. Thousands more have been forcibly disappeared, with women unlawfully separated from their children.
Simultaneously, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) published reports detailing the arrest of two children, Younis al-Muhammad and Ibrahim Jalal, in Deir Ezzor Province on April 16, 2024, by the PYD terrorist militia, along with the recruitment of 12-year-old child Hamza Muhammad al-Akkam as a child soldier in Aleppo province on the same date.
The SNHR noted that 85 percent of all detainees held by the PYD terrorist militia have been forcibly disappeared, with approximately 309 children still subjected to compulsory conscription in the militia’s camps.
(Source: SOC’s Media Department)
