Published : 15-10-2017
A double-decker bus carrying photographs of the detained in Syrian prisons with the words “Damascus” and “Freedom for the detained” written on it, roamed the streets of London.
Inside the bus, were six Syrian women, related to detained or disappeared refugees, including “Noura Ghazi,” wife of the Palestinian activist “Basel Safady” who was executed in the Syrian prisons after three years of detention.
The campaign was organized by the “Families for Freedom” movement led by Syrians to defend the rights of detainees and the disappeared, with the aim of raising awareness of the situation of detainees in Syria and demanding their release.
The campaign’s organizers said: "This bus carries with it the heart beats of mothers waiting for their children, and the longing wives, brothers, sisters and husbands waiting for their families to knock on their doors again.
After taking a tour on several streets in London, the bus stopped at Big Ben in central London, where the women came off carrying photographs of detainees to share "stories of hope and challenges", according to the organizers.
The women said that throughout its journey, the bus will pass through cities across the world, to gather the support of the nations that are against the regime and to raise the sound of freedom for those who have been detained or disappeared.
The women spoke about their hope to end their journey in the court house in Damascus saying: “We will announce the end of arbitrary detention or enforced disappearances.
The number of detained Palestinians in the Syrian regime prisons has exceeded 1639 people, according to AGPS. They face the worst kinds of torture by the Syrian security and many deaths have been documented.
A double-decker bus carrying photographs of the detained in Syrian prisons with the words “Damascus” and “Freedom for the detained” written on it, roamed the streets of London.
Inside the bus, were six Syrian women, related to detained or disappeared refugees, including “Noura Ghazi,” wife of the Palestinian activist “Basel Safady” who was executed in the Syrian prisons after three years of detention.
The campaign was organized by the “Families for Freedom” movement led by Syrians to defend the rights of detainees and the disappeared, with the aim of raising awareness of the situation of detainees in Syria and demanding their release.
The campaign’s organizers said: "This bus carries with it the heart beats of mothers waiting for their children, and the longing wives, brothers, sisters and husbands waiting for their families to knock on their doors again.
After taking a tour on several streets in London, the bus stopped at Big Ben in central London, where the women came off carrying photographs of detainees to share "stories of hope and challenges", according to the organizers.
The women said that throughout its journey, the bus will pass through cities across the world, to gather the support of the nations that are against the regime and to raise the sound of freedom for those who have been detained or disappeared.
The women spoke about their hope to end their journey in the court house in Damascus saying: “We will announce the end of arbitrary detention or enforced disappearances.
The number of detained Palestinians in the Syrian regime prisons has exceeded 1639 people, according to AGPS. They face the worst kinds of torture by the Syrian security and many deaths have been documented.
