In the decade that has passed since the Syrian regime announced her imprisonment husband dead thief was threatened by security forces, locked up out of Her husband’s property and forced to flee abroad.
The mother of Three, now living as a refugee in Lebanon was never told how to her husband He died and was unable to sell or rent real estate confiscated by the authorities.
“wisely of As a woman, everything becomes almost impossible,” she told AFP (AFP), echoing the plight common to many wives and widows. of Syrian prisoners.
But 40-year-old wants to put it up a fight.
“Mine children I wouldn’t have suffered so much if it were me who He was arrested. they were left with Nothing, but I insist on win something back she said.
Bashar al-Assad, the leader of the Syrian regime, launched a brutal crackdown on An uprising inspired by the Arab Spring in 2011, sparked a war that killed nearly half million people.
more than 100,000 peopleespecially menIt is estimated that he has been detained in system prisons since, with tens of in thousands dying Either under torture or because of poor conditions.
the outside prison walls, their wives are not free, facing a maze of red ribbon in Society and Legal system Who prefers men, said Ghazwan Kronfol, a Syrian lawyer who lives in Istanbul.
Without their official husbands death Certificates, widows cannot claim inheritance or property property said.
And they can’t access they dead couples real If confiscated or assigned by the state, attorney added.
Worse, guardianship over they children Unsecured , with Judges often granting to mention next of Close.
“everybody of come this on higher of financial Kronfol said extortion and sexual harassment “by security officers.
‘easy prey’
Syria’s 2012 anti-terrorism law states that the regime can confiscate property temporarily or permanently of Accused prisoners of Terrorism – a blanket charge used to detain civilian suspects of Opposition links.
The regime is believed to have seized $1.54 billion worth of prisoner assets Since 2011, according to the April report of the association of Detained and missing in Saydnaya Prison.
The supervisory authority, based in Turkey, was established by former detainees in Saydnaya jail on outskirts of the city of Damascus, which is the largest in The country has become one word after another for torture and darkest abuses of Syrian regime.
mite home Agricultural land was among the property that was subsequently secured husband arrested in raid in 2013 and beyond hit with Accusations related to terrorism are says was fabricated up.
A few months later, authorities handed her “the body number,” she said.
Alone and poor, she spent years bouncing back from her one Security branch to another as I tried clear bureaucratic obstacles.
Sauce said it was met especially with harassment and intimidation.
“Women are easy prey,” she said.
Fearing persecution by the security forces, she fled to neighboring Lebanon in 2016, holding the old red and white plastic bag in that you keep property Verbs and packages of else official docs.
She has a little money left But he continues to pay bribes and attorney fees in try to recover assets from the state.
“I want to sell it, no for me but for Mine children. “
‘closed door’
Salma, 43-year-Old mother of four also She then fled to Lebanon husband disappeared inside black Gap of Syria prison system.
The one I once inquired about his fate in 2015, locked up by security forces in room and threatened her.
“I never asked about him again,” said Salma, a student use pseudonym due to security concerns.
When I tried to sell it husband’s car And the homeshe found They were taken over by the state.
I sold all my jewelry to buy Who – which house she said.
in their own ordealsome women You have found Rare silver lining with Enable this object left on their own devices.
(a) 45year-old met mother of five who husband also disappear in prisonargued that her life was already hard before the war because of social and religious conservatism.
“I wasn’t even allowed to open the front door of The houselet alone go out to me buy Grocery or bread.
But all of that changed When I became the only guardian of to her children.
I eventually moved to Lebanon, where I was safe work Attended training courses and workshops on livelihoods run By relief groups, a leap from her previously protected life.
When she was sexually harassed by the homeowner, she blamed herself: “This is what we have been taught: Women are always to blame.”
to her children may not inherit a family home From others father, but God is determined to inherit new Rate them.
“I don’t raise children The way “I grew up,” she said.
The war gave women Energy. learn it how To say “No,” said the Damascus lawyer who He asked not to be named.
While the possibilities are stacked against Toqi said she feels ready for it face The challenges Before.
“I lost a lot, but I became a strong woman,” said Toka.
“I am no longer the woman who lives.” behind Closed doors.”
In the decade that has passed since the Syrian regime announced her imprisonment husband dead thief was threatened by security forces, locked up out of Her husband’s property and forced to flee abroad.
The mother of Three, now living as a refugee in Lebanon was never told how to her husband He died and was unable to sell or rent real estate confiscated by the authorities.
“wisely of As a woman, everything becomes almost impossible,” she told AFP (AFP), echoing the plight common to many wives and widows. of Syrian prisoners.
But 40-year-old wants to put it up a fight.
“Mine children I wouldn’t have suffered so much if it were me who He was arrested. they were left with Nothing, but I insist on win something back she said.
Bashar al-Assad, the leader of the Syrian regime, launched a brutal crackdown on An uprising inspired by the Arab Spring in 2011, sparked a war that killed nearly half million people.
more than 100,000 peopleespecially menIt is estimated that he has been detained in system prisons since, with tens of in thousands dying Either under torture or because of poor conditions.
the outside prison walls, their wives are not free, facing a maze of red ribbon in Society and Legal system Who prefers men, said Ghazwan Kronfol, a Syrian lawyer who lives in Istanbul.
Without their official husbands death Certificates, widows cannot claim inheritance or property property said.
And they can’t access they dead couples real If confiscated or assigned by the state, attorney added.
Worse, guardianship over they children Unsecured , with Judges often granting to mention next of Close.
“everybody of come this on higher of financial Kronfol said extortion and sexual harassment “by security officers.
‘easy prey’
Syria’s 2012 anti-terrorism law states that the regime can confiscate property temporarily or permanently of Accused prisoners of Terrorism – a blanket charge used to detain civilian suspects of Opposition links.
The regime is believed to have seized $1.54 billion worth of prisoner assets Since 2011, according to the April report of the association of Detained and missing in Saydnaya Prison.
The supervisory authority, based in Turkey, was established by former detainees in Saydnaya jail on outskirts of the city of Damascus, which is the largest in The country has become one word after another for torture and darkest abuses of Syrian regime.
mite home Agricultural land was among the property that was subsequently secured husband arrested in raid in 2013 and beyond hit with Accusations related to terrorism are says was fabricated up.
A few months later, authorities handed her “the body number,” she said.
Alone and poor, she spent years bouncing back from her one Security branch to another as I tried clear bureaucratic obstacles.
Sauce said it was met especially with harassment and intimidation.
“Women are easy prey,” she said.
Fearing persecution by the security forces, she fled to neighboring Lebanon in 2016, holding the old red and white plastic bag in that you keep property Verbs and packages of else official docs.
She has a little money left But he continues to pay bribes and attorney fees in try to recover assets from the state.
“I want to sell it, no for me but for Mine children. “
‘closed door’
Salma, 43-year-Old mother of four also She then fled to Lebanon husband disappeared inside black Gap of Syria prison system.
The one I once inquired about his fate in 2015, locked up by security forces in room and threatened her.
“I never asked about him again,” said Salma, a student use pseudonym due to security concerns.
When I tried to sell it husband’s car And the homeshe found They were taken over by the state.
I sold all my jewelry to buy Who – which house she said.
in their own ordealsome women You have found Rare silver lining with Enable this object left on their own devices.
(a) 45year-old met mother of five who husband also disappear in prisonargued that her life was already hard before the war because of social and religious conservatism.
“I wasn’t even allowed to open the front door of The houselet alone go out to me buy Grocery or bread.
But all of that changed When I became the only guardian of to her children.
I eventually moved to Lebanon, where I was safe work Attended training courses and workshops on livelihoods run By relief groups, a leap from her previously protected life.
When she was sexually harassed by the homeowner, she blamed herself: “This is what we have been taught: Women are always to blame.”
to her children may not inherit a family home From others father, but God is determined to inherit new Rate them.
“I don’t raise children The way “I grew up,” she said.
The war gave women Energy. learn it how To say “No,” said the Damascus lawyer who He asked not to be named.
While the possibilities are stacked against Toqi said she feels ready for it face The challenges Before.
“I lost a lot, but I became a strong woman,” said Toka.
“I am no longer the woman who lives.” behind Closed doors.”