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2009-10-03 02:56:16 UTC
Seminar on Citizenship and ethnic identity formation: The case of the
Kurds in Syria
KurdishMedia.com01/10/2009 00:00:00
Speakers
Mr. Robert Lowe of Chatham House
Mr. Amed Semo, Independent Researcher and campaigner for stateless
Kurds in Syria
Chairperson: Mr. Janroj Keless of London Metropolitan University
Date: October 8, 2009; 18:00 to 20:00
Venue: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
Robert Lowe of Chatham House
The Serhildan: narrative and identity among Kurds in Syria
The Kurdish political and cultural movement in Syria has lacked
prominent historical reference points. Compared to Kurds in Turkey,
Iraq and Iran, those in Syria have a shorter 'national story'. The
violent events of 2004, described by some Kurds as the
'serhildan' (uprising), have given sharper definition to the movement
and provided a new potent symbol of victimhood. The serhildan has
provided a new narrative which has altered the language and nature of
the movement and has given Kurds in Syria a major reference point
which is specifically theirs.
Mr. Amed Semo, Independent Researcher and Campaigner for stateless
kurds in Syria.
Stateless Kurds in Syria” buried alive” a case of a cultural and
identity Genocide.
The suppressive Syrian regime, in flagrant breach of human rights and
international law, developed the racist, discriminatory Census Article
93, issued on 23/08/1962 and implemented on 05/10/1962, limited to Al
Hasakah and Kurdish regions, which initially resulted in more than
150,000 and now increased to more than half a million, Kurds, who had
been living in their own homeland, being stripped of their Syrian
nationality certificate, thereby depriving them of the basic human
right of surviving and prospering in their own country. Those whose
nationality was withdrawn, and henceforth considered as foreigners in
their own land, have no right to work in formal government
departments, nor to own property, nor can they have access to
education and health facilities. They cannot register their marriages
and neither are they allowed to register their children in the state
civil records. They cannot travel abroad as they cannot obtain a
passport. They have no rights to practice some freelance professions
such as medicine, law and teaching, which require a nationality
certificate. In conclusion, they have no birthright to live in their
own homeland. This racial and cultural genocide still continues today,
after more than four decades….
KurdishMedia.com01/10/2009 00:00:00
Kurds in Syria
KurdishMedia.com01/10/2009 00:00:00
Speakers
Mr. Robert Lowe of Chatham House
Mr. Amed Semo, Independent Researcher and campaigner for stateless
Kurds in Syria
Chairperson: Mr. Janroj Keless of London Metropolitan University
Date: October 8, 2009; 18:00 to 20:00
Venue: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
Robert Lowe of Chatham House
The Serhildan: narrative and identity among Kurds in Syria
The Kurdish political and cultural movement in Syria has lacked
prominent historical reference points. Compared to Kurds in Turkey,
Iraq and Iran, those in Syria have a shorter 'national story'. The
violent events of 2004, described by some Kurds as the
'serhildan' (uprising), have given sharper definition to the movement
and provided a new potent symbol of victimhood. The serhildan has
provided a new narrative which has altered the language and nature of
the movement and has given Kurds in Syria a major reference point
which is specifically theirs.
Mr. Amed Semo, Independent Researcher and Campaigner for stateless
kurds in Syria.
Stateless Kurds in Syria” buried alive” a case of a cultural and
identity Genocide.
The suppressive Syrian regime, in flagrant breach of human rights and
international law, developed the racist, discriminatory Census Article
93, issued on 23/08/1962 and implemented on 05/10/1962, limited to Al
Hasakah and Kurdish regions, which initially resulted in more than
150,000 and now increased to more than half a million, Kurds, who had
been living in their own homeland, being stripped of their Syrian
nationality certificate, thereby depriving them of the basic human
right of surviving and prospering in their own country. Those whose
nationality was withdrawn, and henceforth considered as foreigners in
their own land, have no right to work in formal government
departments, nor to own property, nor can they have access to
education and health facilities. They cannot register their marriages
and neither are they allowed to register their children in the state
civil records. They cannot travel abroad as they cannot obtain a
passport. They have no rights to practice some freelance professions
such as medicine, law and teaching, which require a nationality
certificate. In conclusion, they have no birthright to live in their
own homeland. This racial and cultural genocide still continues today,
after more than four decades….
KurdishMedia.com01/10/2009 00:00:00