Syria seems to be afraid even by old Kurdish singer. The Dengbjê (traditionnal singer) Elî Tico has been arrested, 2 weeks ago by Syrian services. Until now, his family and friends don’t know nothing about his situation. Eli Tico is 71 years old and suffers of heart diseases.
According to his relatives in Aleppo, the singer has received at his home a delegation of Kurdish singers from Southern Kurdistan. Syria has probably considered it was an act of “separatism” threatening its borders and the integrity of the Great Arab Nation… So police made a raid in his house, sacked it and took the old man. After having been interrogated in the Center oo Aleppo, he was sent to the Head Quarters of Mukhabarat (Intelligense Services) in Damascus, and then no one knows what happened to him.
Elî Tico is a well known artist borned in Kurds’ Mountains (Çîyayê Kurmanc) of Afrîn. He is one of the famous classical dengbêj, singing a hundred of epics and songs. One of these are a praising to Sheikh Saïd and the revolt of 1925.
If Elî Tico is not released soon and alive, will there have a new “Xiznewî Case” or another “Newroz 2004” in Syria ?
Moreover, this arrest is not the only act of oppression against Kurds since the beginning of the year. Six Kurds have been condemned by the High Court of Damascus : 4 were charged to have “attacked” Syrian police in demonstrations in Aleppo, during the last Newroz and their punishment is from 7 to 10 years of prison. 2 others were condemned to 2 years for belonging to an “extremist organsiation”. As they have already spent 2 years in prison, they have been just released. L
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