KURDWATCH, February 10, 2012—On February 6, 2012, around seventy activists took part in a half-hour long rally in front of the Criminal Court in al-Hasakah. Roadblocks resulted in many activists not reaching the meeting place. Those gathered demanded the release of the writer Husayn ʿIso [further information on the case] and the activist Shapal Ibrahim [further information on the case]. A demonstrator told KurdWatch that supporters of the regime had photographed the rally to intimidate the participants.