KURDWATCH, December 29, 2010—The writer ʿAbdussalam ʿAbdullah Haji Ibrahim, alias Siamend Ibrahim, will be charged pursuant to Article 307 of the Criminal Code. The first hearing in his case is scheduled for January 16, 2011. The single military judge in al-Qamishli denied his attorney's petition to release him from custody. [Further information on the case]