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NEW SYRIAN REPORT: Thousands of Syrian women are detained, kidnapped and tortured: watchdog - Alarabiya.net English | Front Page

Al Arabiya - 
 
The Syrian Human rights network has found that 4257 women have been killed by the Syrian regime security forces since the start of the revolution in March 2011.

As for female detainees, there are at least 6400 women, including 1000 university students.

However, authorities continue to refuse handing out or revealing any information on the fate of the detained women or their locations.

In addition to this, 1200 women were kidnapped by members of President Bashar al-Assad’s forces, according to the watchdog network.

Most of the women who disappeared were in the areas of Homs, Latakia and Damascus.

The Syrian network has also said, those kidnapped were subject to systemic torture and ill-treatment during their capture.

The network mentioned more than 700 women were raped inside the security branches............

FULL ARTICLE: Thousands of Syrian women are detained, kidnapped and tortured: watchdog - Alarabiya.net English | Front Page

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