State of the Occupation: A New Quarterly Report on Rights Violations in Turkish-Occupied NES

RIC’s report for the first quarter of 2021 shows that among the 363 recorded arrests across all Turkish-occupied areas of North and East Syria, 312 arrests were in Afrin and 51 in M4 Strip. Nearly all those arrested are Kurdish, even where- as in Afrin- Kurds have been a minority group.