Women and children in Syria's Roj camp allege night raids and assaults by guards

Women and children in Syria's Roj camp allege night raids and assaults by guards

More than 2,300 women and children held in Roj camp in northeast Syria describe night-time gunfire, stones thrown by guards and assaults during tent raids, in interviews published Sept. 22. Many are held over alleged ISIL association. UN experts call such open-ended detention a breach of international law. Damascus now controls the camp.

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