The head of the National Struggle Front MP Walid Jumblatt welcomed Monday the release of the Maaloula nuns, who were kidnapped several months ago, raising question marks regarding the limited number of detainees freed by the Syrian regime in exchange, noting that the female detainees' number exceeds hundreds of thousands held in Syrian jails. Syrian rebels released on Sunday March 9th a group of about a dozen Greek Orthodox nuns who had been held since December, in exchange for the release of around 150 female prisoners held by the Syrian regime.
In his weekly statement to al-Anbaa website, Jumblatt said that abduction is considered an act that contradicts with international conventions and norms, since it is a detention of one’s freedom, stressing that it must be strongly condemned.
Accordingly, the MP called on all security apparatuses to raise their alert levels in order to put an end to this phenomenon and arrest the networks involved in kidnapping people, the number of which is constantly growing amid the ongoing negligence concerning the events taking place in the region.
On another note, and on the occasion of the International Women’s Day, Jumblatt saluted the women of Lebanon, praising their struggles in withstanding all kinds of tragedies, in working and educating, stressing that the time has come to pass the law to protect women from domestic violence.
In this regard, Jumblatt noted that this law does not eliminate the need to review and amend the laws that derogate the women’s right to be equal to men in all the aspects of society.