Riad Darar
Syrian opposition political and social activist
Riad Hammoud Darar (Arabic: رياض حمود دارار, born 1954) is a Syrian opposition political and social activist and author from Deir ez-Zor. He was a campaigner for human rights for Kurds in Syria since 2000. During his activism, he was imprisoned by the Syrian government for 5 years and was released in 2010.
On 25 February 2017, he was elected co-chair of the Syrian Democratic Council, serving until the integration of the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria into the Syrian state in 2026.
Early life
Riad Darar was born in Deir ez-Zor in 1954. He received a bachelor's degree on Arabic language some time later, and became a preacher and an imam at a mosque in Deir ez-Zor.
Political career
Since 2000, Riad Darar became a political activist and began to work with various non-governmental organizations. After an uprising by Kurds in Syria in 2004, Mashouq al-Khaznawi, a Kurdish Sufi religious leader, was arrested and assassinated by the Syrian military intelligence in May 2005. Riad Darar was among those who were present at al-Khaznawi's funeral, and gave a speech. The next month, Darar was arrested.
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