The decree 49 is based on law 41 which was released by the Syrian parliament on 18.10.2004 and signed by the president on 26.10.2004.2 As result of law 41 and decree 49, more that 580 Kurdish villagers and their family lost their land, which they cultivated due to the right of use over the last decades. This land was declared by the Syrian government as public ownership and the right of use was cancelled and will be given soon to Arabs, which the government is going to bring from other regions. Referred to many resources, the government is planning to cancel the right of use for about 9000 Kurdish villagers. Such racial measures threaten and damage the existence of the Kurdish minority in Syria. Our center and many other human right organizations register daily dismissal of Kurdish employees all over the Kurdish region and towards the Kurds living in the big cities. The Syrian government works actively to get the Kurds and Kurdish region lost in poverty and in consequence force them to leave their land and to emigrate to Europe. Due to the above mentioned racial amount of discrimination against the Kurds in Syria, and the definition of the Kurdish issue in Syria as a security danger, the Syrian government has brought the public service and public investment in the Kurdish region to the absolutely minimum. Everybody who is visiting the Kurdish region and cities like Efrin, Kobani, Qamishlo and Aljazeera province, is able to see the poverty and notices the huge differences between the Kurdish region and the Arabic Cities in Syria. Even the Syrian government receives a great amount of financial support and credits from many countries and International GOs. The financial support doesn’t reach the Kurdish area and if a minimum support goes to the Kurdish cities, it is used by the corrupted administrative officers who were brought from outside to the Kurdish region. Thank you very much. Jian Badrakhan YASA e.V. – Kurdish Centre for Legal Studies & Consultancy 2 See the complete text in English under the following link: http://www.kurdwatch.org/pdf/kurdwatch_gesetz41_en.pdf And the original in Arabic under the following link: http://www.kurdwatch.org/pdf/kurdwatch_gesetz41_ar.pdf