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Syria Urged to Investigate Wave of Abductions Targeting Alawite Women and Girls
SYRIA, JUL 28 – Amnesty International reports at least 36 Alawite women and girls abducted since February with only two released, urging Syrian authorities to investigate and hold perpetrators accountable.
- Amnesty International documented eight abduction cases of Alawite women and girls across Syrian coastal and central governorates between February and June 2025.
- These abductions occurred amid ongoing violence and longstanding community trauma, with authorities generally denying or ignoring reports and families urged to remain silent.
- Authorities reportedly failed to investigate effectively or update families, sometimes blaming victims' relatives, while abductors contacted families to demand ransoms and showed signs of abuse on victims.
- Amnesty and the UN Commission confirmed at least six abductions, warning forced marriage and trafficking risks, with Amnesty's Secretary General Agnès Callamard calling the lack of justice a human rights violation.
- The situation has caused widespread fear among women and girls in affected regions, prompting Amnesty International to urge Syrian authorities to promptly investigate, hold perpetrators accountable, and support survivors.
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Syria urged to investigate abductions of Alawite women and girls
Amnesty International on Monday called on Syria to investigate the abductions and kidnappings of Alawite women and girls to prevent gender-based violence and bring perpetrators to justice. Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International’s secretary general, called on the Syrian authorities to “act swiftly and transparently in locating missing women and girls, bringing perpetrators to justice, and providing affected families with timely, gender-sensitive …
Syria Urged to Investigate Wave of Abductions Targeting Alawite Women and Girls - The Syrian Observer
Amnesty International has called on the Syrian government to urgently address the alarming rise in abductions and kidnappings of Alawite women and girls, demanding thorough investigations and greater accountability amid growing fears of gender-based violence and trafficking. Since February 2025, the rights organisation has received credible reports of at least 36 Alawite women and girls—ranging from toddlers to women in their forties—being abduc…
Amnesty: Syria's rulers must look into abductions of Alawite women and girls
The report comes after the coastal area witnessed deadly clashes last March between pro-Assad militias and security forces that triggered revenge killings against the Alawite minority.
Syria Accused of Dismissing Alawite Women’s Disappearances Amid Rising Abduction Crisis - teleSUR English
Amnesty International (AI) called on Syrian authorities on Monday to launch “urgent and thorough” investigations into the abductions of women and girls from the Alawite minority— to which former President Bashar al-Assad’s family belongs— in several regions. RELATED: Syria Faces Humanitarian Crisis Following Druze-Bedouin Conflict “The authorities in Syria have repeatedly promised to build a Syria for all Syrians, yet they are failing to stop ab…
SYRIA: Authorities must investigate abductions of Alawite women and girls
The Syrian government must urgently step up efforts to prevent gender-based violence and promptly, thoroughly and impartially investigate cases of abducted and kidnapped Alawite women and girls, and hold perpetrators accountable, Amnesty International said today.
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