Poverty caused Hassan Haji Amin to drop out of school at an early age and enter the labor force to support his family. Being a stateless, specifically a maktum, directly …
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Syria: 10 facts about the 1962 special Census of al-Hasakah
The 5th of October 2019 marks the 57th anniversary of the special census of al-Hasakah province, northeastern Syria, which is largely populated with ethnic minorities having different religious affiliations, including …
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Kurdish-Kurmanji: “Pelika sor a ku pê re bû, yek ji sedemên rêderdiya wî bû”
by authorDema ku "Mamo" xwendekarê zanîngehê, ji aliyê hêzên ewlekariya Sûriyê ve rastî lêdan û pîskirina bi peyvan hat, ji ber ku ew yek ji Kurdên Sûriyê yên bê nasnametî "ejnebî" …
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When he was a university student, Ma’mou was beaten and humiliated by the Syrian security services agents, just for being a stateless Syrian Kurd. He once was slapped in the …
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At last, after long years of bitter, suffering and deprivation of his most basic rights, Muhammad finally managed to realize his dream and obtained the Syrian citizenship. Muhammad Hasan Omar …
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When the Syrian government took away agricultural land from the big landowners in Hasoud village and distributed it to peasants worked on it, according to the Agrarian Reform Law issued …
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As a stateless, and after a month of repeated failed attempts, Mahmoud was forced to pay a bribe of SP.300.000, in order to register only one of his children at …
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Kurdish-Kurmanji: “Ji ber ku em mektûmin, em herdem bi kêmbûnê pêhest dibin”
by authorBelovajî hemî hemwelatiyên Sûriyê yên ku xwedî nasnametî ne, hîn jî "Hesen" nikare ku derkeve ji dervî wî welatî, ji ber ku ew yek ji Kurdên Sûriyê yên bê nasnametî …
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As a stateless Syrian Kurd, Hasan is banned from travelling abroad. He even avoids travelling from one governorate to another, because he doesn’t have any official proof of identity except …
