Martyrdom of one of Tel Abyad revolutionist at YPG prisons

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Ayman ALtahry a martyr at Tel Abyad hospital yesterday, one of the city revolutionist and opposed, after he was arrested at the hand of YPG militias on 23/9/2015, when the members of YPG raided Hweija Abdi Village 8 KM south of Tel Abyad, at 10 AM to arrest each of Ayman Alhemidy son of Altahry 45 years old, and Adel Altahry son of Baleekh 50 years old, and confiscated Ayman’s car and moved him to the boarder door prison in Tel Abyad. Ayman is from a family known with its hostility for Assad regime, the price was arresting one of the family sons for more than 16 years, and the killing of other at Palmyra prison massacre during the eighties of the last century. When the revolution outbreak , and before the liberation of Tel Abyad , Ayman sold a piece of land and a number of agricultural machinery, in aim of establishing and arming the battalion of “Tel Abyad freemen“ affiliated to the Free Syrian Army , Ayman became the leader of that battalion and known with his pleasant manners and good reputation, and that what pushed ISIS to arrest him three times and confiscated his weapon by force , after taking control over Tel Abyad city on January of last year. According to Loay Altahry the martyr’s nephew YPG’s units prevented Ayman from taking his medicine, as a kind of pressure, being him a diabetic, which led to the deterioration of his healthy situation and move him to Tel Abyad hospital on 27/9/2015 after midnight, to die in the morning effected by the Deprivation of medicine during his arresting period, as well signs of torture on his body were noticed before his burial. In the morning of Eid AL-Adha , YPG released a number of prisoners , who talked about the brutal methods of torture of them , which are no less heinous than methods of the regime and ISIS , in light of the deteriorating situation of many, including Bashar Khalil Alhussni and Fahed Fakhri , the number of the prisoners is estimated inside YPG prisons about 1500 prisoners , some of them exceeded the duration of detention for three months, the same duration of the control of YPG over the northern area of Raqqa.

media activist from the city of Raqqa, student at the Faculty of Law at the University of the Euphrates. Director of the Media Office of Raqqa, founding member of "Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently", founding member of the documentary project of "Sound and Picture". I work in documenting violations committed by Assad's regime and ISIS group and extremist organizations inside the city of Raqqa, as I work in programming, design and visual media. I hold a certificate of coach in digital security, and a certificate of journalist coach, and a certificate in documenting violations against human rights, and a certificate in electronic advocacy. I underwent a training under the supervision of "Cyber-Arabs" in collaboration with the Institute for War and Peace "IWPR", about the management of electronic websites and leadership of advocacy campaigns, and a training of press photography under the supervision of the photojournalist "Peter Hove Olesen".