For “dealing with external parties” | Security authorities in Autonomous Administration areas arrest six media activists including a woman
Since mid-July, security authorities arrest seven activists including two women in Al-Raqqa
Al-Raqqa province: SOHR activists have reported that the security authorities in Autonomous Administration areas arrested six media activists in Al-Raqqa, in continuation of the security operation by the Internal Security Forces and Al-Tarafik, during the past week.
The security authorities arrested a female activist from Al-Mashlab area two days ago and five others including a woman yesterday in Al-Firdos, Al-Tawso’iyah, Al-Kornish and Al-Mashlab areas, where some of the arrested civilians worked in Al-Raqqa Civil Council, media agencies and local organizations.
According to reliable SOHR sources, the charges pressed against them were “dealing with external parties and leaking photos and news to unlicensed agencies in Autonomous Administration areas.”
Accordingly, the number of activists detained in Al-Raqqa city raises to seven including two female activists since June 14, 2022.
Yesterday, SOHR activists reported that the fate of the activist Roba Eissa had been unidentified for nearly 48 hours, after unidentified gunmen stormed her house in Mashlab village Al-Raqqa on July 27, and arrested and took her to an unknown destination. However, the reasons behind the arrest are still unknown and her parents weren’t informed of her whereabouts.
The media activist worked for a local agency in Al-Raqqa.
According to local sources, the authorities that arrested the activist belonged to the Public Security of the “Autonomous Administration.”
On July 11, SOHR activists reported that the young woman “Hilin Ahmed Ismael”, who is younger than 20 years old, was still arrested by the Women’s Intelligence, where she was kidnapped in front of her father’s pharmacy in Al-Na’im Square in Al-Raqqa city at midnight of June 14, 2022.
According to reliable SOHR sources, the young woman has no political issues or records, and she worked as an administrative figure in the Civil Administration in Al-Raqqa in 2017-2020. However, she fought against any violations that contradict freedom and dignity as she criticized the policy of the “Autonomous Administration” as one of her rights, making her subject for monitoring and led to her sudden arrest.
SOHR holds the Autonomous Administration in northern and eastern of Syria the responsibility of keeping Hilin safe, in addition to demanding her instant release and calls to:
• Caring about her psychological condition, especially with the deterioration of her health.
• Revealing her whereabouts so that her parents are allowed to visit her
• Taking into consideration that she is the only provider for her family, which consists of her father the pharmacist Ahmed Ismail, who suffers permanent disability
SOHR relies and depends on the understanding of the Autonomous Administration and its awareness that criticism in the first milestone for repair.
We at SOHR would show our gratitude to the “Autonomous Administration” for its commitment to the universal principles of human rights, especially towards women who suffered wars, intimidation and oppression by ISIS cells in Al-Raqqa, and held responsibility in difficult conditions.