Amuda residents continue protests demanding Kurdish-Language education

A protest event was held today at the Martyr Ismail Shrine in Amuda, initiated by the city’s sons and daughters of martyrs and attended by students, parents and families of martyrs, to express their rejection of the Education Ministry’s decision on Kurdish-language education.

The event began with a minute of silence in tribute to the martyrs. Student Frashin Issa then read a statement issued by the sons and daughters of Amuda’s martyrs, rejecting the decision to limit Kurdish-language instruction to three classes per week. The statement noted that children in the region have been receiving education in Kurdish for 14 years, with some of them having reached university through the Kurdish-language education system.

The statement called on the relevant authorities to restore Kurdish-language education to its previous format and to work toward recognizing Kurdish as an official language under the Syrian Constitution. It stressed that preserving the language means preserving the sacrifices of the martyrs who gave their lives for the rights of their people.

The event concluded with chants affirming the participants’ attachment to their language and their right to receive education in it, including: “No life without a language” and “Our language is our identity.”

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