Since March 2017, the security services of the Autonomous Administration led by the Democratic Community Movement/TEV-DEM and created by the Democratic Union Party/PYD and other Arabian and Assyrian parties, mainly in north-eastern Syria, have shut down offices of the Kurdish political parties and other actors in many areas under their control. This has occurred primarily in Qamishli, al-Hasakeh, Amuda and Al-Malikiayah/Derik, Ayn al-Arab/Kokanee, as well as Afrin, particularly to the parties affiliated to the Kurdish National Council/KNC. They have presented numerous pretexts for these actions, including but not limited to, issues such as not having the required registrations. Meanwhile, the Asayesh forces and Anti-Terror Units – HAT are also arresting, for various reasons, dozens of Syrian Kurd activists opposed to the Autonomous Administration policy.
On March 13, 2017, the Autonomous Administration declared a Communique that all the unregistered political parties must obtain a license in Jazeera cantons under a law issued by the Administration itself on April 15, 2014. The Communique threatened that the Internal Affairs Entity will implement Decree No. 5 that requires “closing all headquarters of unlicensed political parties” no later than 24 hours from the moment of the ultimatum. There were also threats to bring to justice to those responsible, since the unlicensed party was considered illegal according to the above-mentioned law.
Actually, after the ultimatum, the Asayesh Forces launched a crackdown on most offices of Kurdish and non-Kurdish party offices, such as the Assyrian Democratic organization/ADO office, the headquarters of the KNC, offices of Youth organizations the offices of the Women's Union, among others, apart from the arbitrary arrest of dozens of Syrian Kurd activists from their homes.
Since March 2017, the Autonomous Administration encouraged its loyalists, especially those affiliated to Rojava Youth Union, to burn and assault offices of Kurdish National Council/KNC, and abduct their members in an escalation step against the Kurdish parties that constitute the KNC with the aim of completing controlling the political life in Qamishli, as reported by Syrians for Truth and Justice.
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