Conference on Democracy & Freedom in Syria
& Syrian Kurdish Human and National Rights,
March 13, 2006 - Russell Senate Office Building, Caucus Room
President George W. Bush Said, “The liberty we prize is not
America's gift to the world, it is God's gift to humanity”
The Kurdish Front for Promoting Democracy & Freedom in Syria is holding
a conference on Democracy and Freedom for All Syrian and Kurdish Human &
National Rights in Washington D. C. on March 13, 2006. The purpose of
the conference is to explore the opportunities to unite the Syrian
Opposition Front to establish through peaceful means a true democratic
system in Syria where the human and the national rights of all
components and minorities in Syria including the Kurdish nation are
recognized. The conference highlights the suffering of the Syrian
citizens in general and the horrendous suffering of the Kurdish people
in Syria in particular. The story of the plight of the Kurdish people
under the brutal regime of the Baath party since they came to power more
than four decades ago is long. The Arab belt policy adopted by the
Syrian regime in 1962 was and is an ethnic cleansing policy to make the
Kurdish villages and towns to be cleared of Kurds and Arabs brought to
settle in their places. More than 300,000 Syrian Kurdish citizens are
stripped of their citizenship and their rights to own, study, work,
marry, drive, travel or even sleeping in hotels are banished. Just
recently, a high-ranking Baathist in Syria informed a Kurdish delegation
that Syria is a land of Arabs, Assyrian, and Armani, and he did not
mention Kurds.
The recent Refugees International in its report, ''Buried Alive:
Stateless Kurds in Syria'' considers the long-suffering of the Kurdish
nation under the Baath regime in Syria as a threat to the stability in
Syria and the Middle East. Further the report calls on the US, the
European Union, and the UN to keep up pressure to resolve the Kurdish
national & human rights issues in Syria.
The Kurdish Front for Promoting Democracy & Freedom in Syria is
cooperating with all oppositions in Syria who believe in democracy and
freedom for all.
The conference is sponsored by Kurdish American Committee for Democracy
in Syria, Kurdish National Congress of North America (KNC), Kurdish
Human Rights Watch (KHRW), and Washington Kurdish Institute (WKI).
For registration, and further information contact conference president:
Mr. Sherkoh Abbas Phone: 1- 419- 290- 4649 email:
Sherkoh@gmail.com
P. O. Box 80175, Rochester Hills, MI 48308 USA
Venue/Date: Russell Senate Office Building, Caucus Room (SR325),
Washington DC, USA
Monday, March 13, 2006 1:00 PM -5:00 PM
Program Summary:
1:00 – 1:30 Guest Speakers
1:30 – 3:00 Discussion Session: Exploring to unite the Syrian Opposition
Front to establish through peaceful means a true democratic system in
Syria where the human and the national rights of all components and
minorities in Syria including the Kurdish nation are recognized
3:00 – 3:15 Coffee Break
3:15 – 4:45 Discussion Session: Roadmap to Democracy and Human Rights
for Kurds, Arabs and Other Minorities in Syria
4: 45 – 5:00 Closing Remarks
7:30 Dinner Reception (Advanced reservation for dinner is requested)
Sponsored By:
Kurdish American Committee for Democracy in Syria
Co-sponsored By:
Kurdish Human Rights Watch
Kurdish National Congress of North America
Washington Kurdish Institute
For information, please call: 1-(419) 290- 4649 Email:
Sherkoh@gmail.com
P. O. Box 80175, Rochester Hills, MI 48308 USA
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