KURDWATCH, June 5, 2011—On June 1, 2011, the judge on the Criminal Court of First Instance in al-Qamishli postponed the hearing in the case of Ahmad Bakr ʿAli. The hearing was rescheduled for June 12, 2011. According to Decree No. 61, dated May 31, 2011 (the amnesty decree) the judge actually should have released ʿAli. [Further information on the case]