The International Conscience Convoy, established to raise awareness to the women who had been tortured and ill-treated in Syria's regime dungeons, and demanded their freedom, has arrived Turkiye's Hatay on Thursday.

Over 10 thousand women from Turkiye and from the world's different countries joined to the Convoy in order to raise awareness and be the voice of 'forgotten women' who have been kept unjustly and exposed to all methods of tortures in the prisons Assad's regime.

Speaking to ILKHA, Human Rights and Justice Movement Deputy Chairman Gülden Sonmez, said that they organized this convoy as women in Turkiye and that it was welcomed by the women from all over the world, without religious and racial differences.

"We have organized this convoy as a rising of conscience," said Sonmez. "We have been waiting for 7 years. All sorts of torture are being done to our brothers and sisters in Syria. Little girls raped before the eyes of their fathers. Children are being slaughtered. Even 80-years-old women are exposed to all kind of tortures. We set off because no one has done anything in order to stop this," she added.

Stating that they spread these silent screams and calls abroad and welcomed by many people, Sönmez said: "Our sisters from all around the world and from all provinces of Turkiye supported this rising of conscious."

"There is morality and law for the war"

Noting that the rape was used as a weapon against women in the war zones, Sönmez said; "We want to see our brothers and sisters be released from those prisons. We want to touch them and hug them. Now, rape is being used as a weapon against women in the war zones. We want to say everyone that even the war has a morality and a law."

Sönmez thanked all the women who participated in, supported the Conscience Convoy, and said:

"Our sisters who came here left their children and their homes, some took a few days off from their work, some fought to the boss to come here, some came from school. Some people came from Brazil, some from Japan. This is actually a woman's solidarity. They shed tears all the way long," said Sönmez by adding that no one hurt another and none of the problems happened during their journey. 

ILKHA