Detainees’ families refute rumours circulated by PDK media

Detainees’ families, Mustafa Saleh, and his cousin Marwan Saleh, who are held by Internal Security Forces, ISF, denied the allegations published by some TV channels loyal to Kurdistan Democratic Forces, PDK, stressing:” we visited them and they were in good conditions.”

14 December, 2021 05:15

NEWS DESK

On December 1^st, pro-PDK media published allegations that the Internal Security Forces had tortured citizens, Mustafa Saleh, and his cousin, Marwan Saleh, with "electricity and boiling oil."

The detainees' family denied these allegations, and refuted the news that was published about their sons, after visiting them in jail and checking their health.

Ezz al-Din Abdullah, from the village of Ain Diwan, affiliated to the city of Derik, and he is the cousin of the detainees, Mustafa Saleh and Marwan Saleh, said: "I do not accept the media propaganda that was fabricated about my cousins, and our family knows their national affiliation, and an hour ago we visited them in prison and their health was good."

It was reported that they are receiving good treatment in prison.

Denouncing all these allegations, saying” We decry all these rumours by some parties, particularly those who are out NE, Syria, if they wanted to show the reality of the region, they should go to Rojava, not to spread the lies that violates the facts.”

He added: "We have an administration and we respect its decisions, whether they are security or organizational, and we abide by them and respect all the decisions of the Internal Security Forces, because this administration is the one that protects us."

Mustafa Saleh, aged 85, was arrested on October 18^th, and his cousin Marwan Saleh, aged 45, was arrested on October 17^th.

As for his son, Mustafa's brother, Wafaa Ali, she condemned the news published by media outlets loyal to the Kurdistan Democratic Party, emphasizing: "These channels are trying to defame the reputation of our family and our administration, and we do not accept that."

She went on to say, media seeks to defame the truth and to spread the lies, the truth will be shown whatever the Autonomous Administration decision and laws that applied on the citizen, we are ready to implement it and respect its decision.”

Since the establishment of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, the Kurdistan Democratic Party has waged a media war through its platforms against the gains achieved by the Kurdish people and the peoples of the region.

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ANHA