Mutilation of teenager terrorises Syrian women
Zainab al-Hosni, an 18-year-old woman, was found beheaded, dismembered and skinned after being detained by alleged Syrian security forces, according to human rights groups. She is believed to be the first woman to have died in custody. Our Observer in the central Syrian city of Homs, where Zainab was from, tells us how this gruesome case has shocked women and enflamed protesters.
According to Amnesty International, which spoke with sources privy to the case, the young woman was abducted in July by men suspected as members of the Syrian security forces to pressure one of her brothers, a prominent activist, to turn himself in. Mohammed al-Hosni was later arrested himself and died in custody, said the group. When his parents were asked to pick up his body at the morgue two weeks ago, they were shown their daughter’s heavily mutilated body as well. They buried her on September 17.
Since then, a video purported to be that of Zainab’s corpse has circulated online, infuriating anti-regime protesters, who have nicknamed her “the flower of Syria.” Due to the graphic nature of these images, FRANCE 24 has decided not to publish them. Another one of Zainab’s brothers has released a video detailing the circumstances of his siblings’ deaths.
http://observers.france24.com/content/20110926-syria-mutilation-teenager-terrorizes-syrian-women-homs-zainab-al-hosni-funeral-brother-video
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