64 years after Syria’s exceptional census, Kurds call for end to its legal consequences
Welat TV · Kurdish
- Arabic title
- بعد 64 عامًا على التعداد الاستثنائي في سوريا، يدعو الأكراد إلى إنهاء عواقبه القانونية
- English title
- 64 years after Syria’s exceptional census, Kurds call for end to its legal consequences
- Published
- UTC
- Topic
- Governance, Politics
From the text
64 Years After Syria’s Exceptional Census, Kurds Call for End to Its Legal Consequences Welat TV – Erbil Monday, October 5, 2026, marks the 64th anniversary of the exceptional census conducted by Syrian authorities in Hasaka Governorate in 1962, which stripped tens of thousands of Kurds of Syrian citizenship. The number of those affected and their children grew over subsequent decades, with human rights reports estimating that the number of stateless Kurds later reached around 300,000.
This year’s anniversary comes after the issuance of a Syrian presidential decree in January 2026 that abolish…source ↗