Lebanon -- Protest in solidarity with female victims of terror
Lebanon News
Sep. 09, 2014 | 03:21 PM
Protest in solidarity with female victims of terror
Mazin Sidahmed| The Daily Star
BEIRUT: Over 50 protesters gathered outside of ESCWA Tuesday to show solidarity with women affected by terrorism.
“We have organized this gathering today in solidarity with women in the region,” Manar Zaiter, a lawyer with the Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering (RDFL), told The Daily Star. “The idea is to bring attention to the situation that is happening across the region and that the worst things are happening to women.”...
...In recent months, ISIS - an Al-Qaeda offshoot - has created a self-proclaimed "Islamic Caliphate" covering swaths of territory in Iraq and northeastern Syria. The group's notoriety was launched after their shock seizure of Iraq's second city Mosul and subsequent lightning strikes saw it gain more Iraqi territory while consolidating its hold in Syria.
There have been several reports alleging that ISIS fighters were raping women and forcing them into labor in the areas which they control, as well as setting up marriage bureaus, where virgins and widows were married off to fighters....
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