KURDWATCH, December 6, 2011—On November 30, 2011, the Criminal Court of First Instance in Raʾs al-ʿAyn (Serê Kaniyê) sentenced each of the following demonstrators to one and a half years imprisonment pursuant to Articles 374 and 376 of the Criminal Code: Muhammad Sulayman Khalil (attorney, secretary of the Kurdish human rights organization DAD), Sulayman Muhammad Ismaʿil (attorney, board member of the Kurdish human rights organization al-Rasid), ʿAli ʿAbdullah Kolo (attorney), ʿAbdulwahhab Jamil Muhammad (attorney), ʿAbdulmajid Ibrahim ʿAlo, Ismaʿil Mahmud ʿAliko, Akram Muhiyuddin Maʿmo, and Muhammad ʿIsa Muhammad ʿAli Ahmad. [Further information on the case]