Syria: investigate abductions of Alawite women and girls

Syria: investigate abductions of Alawite women and girls

Amnesty International on July 28 called on Syria to investigate abductions of Alawite women and girls, and bring perpetrators to justice. Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International’s secretary general, said that the Syrian authorities must “act swiftly and transparently in locating missing women and girls, bringing perpetrators to justice, and providing affected families with timely, gender-sensitive and credible information and support.” Amnesty re…