Baladi News
Rallies across Turkey have urged the international community to take immediate action for the release of women and children in Syrian prisons, Friday Mar 8.
Friday's events, organised on the occasion of International Women's Day by several rights and humanitarian groups, protested human rights breaches and unjust imprisonment of women and children by the Syrian government.
During the demonstrations, held simultaneously in various countries around the world and Turkish cities, representatives of organising groups read out a joint statement titled: Together for the freedom of captive women and children in Syria.
According to the Conscience Movement, an umbrella group founded for the cause, more than 13,500 women have been jailed since the Syrian conflict began in 2011, and more than 7,000 women remain in detention where they are reportedly subjected to torture, rape and sexual violence.
Source: Al Jazeera Net.