Communist Labour Party (Syria)
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Communist Labour Party حزب العمل الشيوعي | |
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| Leader | Fateh Jamous |
| Founded | 1976 |
| Ideology | Communism Marxism–Leninism |
| National affiliation | National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change National Democratic Rally Marxist Left Gathering |
| People's Assembly of Syria | 0 / 250 |
The Communist labor Party (
Supreme State Security Court for "membership in a secret organization created to change the economic or social structure of the state".[3] Amnesty International protested on behalf of the prisoners.[4] The party continued to secretly distribute its publications–ar-Raya al-Hamra'a ("The Red Banner"), ash-Shyu'i ("The Communist"), al-Brulitari ("The Proletarian")–until 1991. On 6 August 2003, the party announced its return to the political scene in a statement, followed by a new publication called al-An ("Now").[2]
The party is led by Fateh Jamous, who was imprisoned between 1982 and 2000. He was again arrested in 2006.[5]
The party worked with a
Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus. The group was founded in 1983. The Palestinian Popular Committees were disbanded in 1985, as a campaign of arrests was launched against the Syrian party.[6]
One of the sentenced activists of the party,
Adra prison. She was released on 20 June of that year in a mass presidential amnesty for political dissidents.[8]
Since the beginning of the Syrian Civil War, the party has aligned itself with the Syrian Opposition, operating within its territory and political system.
In early 2018, the party condemned the
Turkish military operation in Afrin.[9]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8133-0764-0.
- ^ a b "حزب العمل الشيوعي : Syrian Parties". syrianparties.info/ (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ^ "Far From Justice: Syria's Supreme State Security Court" (PDF). Human Rights Watch. February 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
- ^ "Further information on UA 292/93 (MDE 24/07/93, 26 August 1993) Fear of torture/legal concern". Amnesty International. 2 December 1993. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
- ^ تأجيل محاكمة فاتح جاموس وتحديد جلسة استجواب سرية للمعارض السوري فائق المير أسعد أمام محكمة الجنايات الأولى في دمشق (in Arabic). Arraee.com. 21 July 2007. Archived from the original on August 7, 2007. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
- ^ Ali Badwan (12 March 2006). حركة فتح المجلس الثوري تتخذ الاغتيالات وسيلة لترجمة مواقفها السياسية (in Arabic). www.albayan.ae. Archived from the original on November 22, 2007. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
- ^ "Urgent Action: Female Political Prisoner on Hunger Strike". Amnesty International. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
- US National Academy of Sciences. 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
- ^ "Communist Labour Party in Syria condemn Turkish occupation invasion on Afrin". Hawar News Agency. 28 January 2018. Archived from the original on 29 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
