I- Exclusive Summary and Report Methodology
No one can imagine this volume of sexual violence against Syrian women refugees in Syria before the warrant that was issued by The Division of Public Relations of the Lebanese Internal Security Forces on 31March 2016. The information started to unfold about rival and widespread mobs which trade with women bodies as if they enslave them sexually which is similar to ISIL practices. These mobs practice torture, rape, abortion, deformation, and sexual enslavement then threaten victims to publish their photos and videos and many others sadistic practices. With sole difference between ISIL and this mob is that ISIL acknowledges its brutal barbarity and doesn’t threaten and expose the victims.
After this news was published to the public, SNHR representatives in Lebanon attempted to connect with survivors to obtain their live testimonies and document the incidents’ details. In this report, SNHR depicts testimonies of four survivors and a journalist’s narration of investigations in the Detachment of Survey in Mount Lebanon. SNHR illustrated the purpose of interviews and received the victims’ approval to use their testimonies in this report. We interviewed the eyewitnesses and verified the footage and image we received-. The testimonies came similar regarding the circumstances of female, their detention, torture, sexual violence, and intimidation.
According to SNHR study, not less than 45 Syrian women were exposed to continuous sexual violence including 8 girls “under 18 years old” in two clubs “Chez Mauric” and “Silver” which are owned by Mauic Jaeajea in Al Muamaltain region in Jouynia city which is popular with widespread night clubs during the period from the end of 2013 until March 2016. Victims’ testimonies reveal the presence of an expert mob in human trafficking and sexual exploitation. Their members are Lebanese, Palestinians and Syrians. We call them ” The Enslavement Mob of Syrian Women” since targeted two categories of women in an organized and examined way.