Author: Malek Fouda
Published on: 09/03/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:
Protests and rallies were held in major capitals across the globe on Saturday. Brussels, Belgium Thousands marched in the European capital, Brussels to warn against what organisers of the rally called a “worrying regression” in women’s rights. Demonstrators demanding better rights for migrant women. International Women’s Day protesters dance, shout slogans, hold banners and placards. Protesters also wave bunches of keys in their hands to highlight violence. Protesters in Athens say women’s rights have come a long way. “I believe that we are in 2025 but still there are many things to improve,” protester says. Other protesters warn that women’s rights are under threat recently. Yaz Gulgun, a 52-year-old pensioner, spoke out against rising rates of femicide in the country. She called for better legal protections and a more supportive police force. Selvi Alkancelik, 58, pushed on the desire for women to be free from the restrictions imposed by a patriarchal society. Many women plan to gather later in the evening for a Feminist Night March. The death toll from today days of clashes between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted longtime President Bashar al-Assad has risen to more than 1,000 on Saturday. 125 government security forces, close to 150 militants with armed groups affiliated with Assad were killed. Clashes which erupted on Thursday marked a major escalation in the challenge to the new government. A resident tells the Associated Press that gunmen prevented residents from removing the bodies of five of their neighbours killed on Friday for hours. Residents added that attacks on Baniyas were indiscriminate and only aimed to seek revenge on the Alawite minority for the atrocities committed by the Assad regime. Germany’s Special Envoy for Syria condemns the violence. Paris condemns atrocities committed against civilians on the basis of religion grounds. France urges Syrian interim authorities to make sure independent investigations “shed full light on these crimes”
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