Syria celebrates solidarity week with prisoners in Israeli jails

The committee in solidarity with Syrian prisoners in Israeli jails will hold a solidarity week with prisoners as of next Friday on the occasion of the Syrian Prisoner Day which falls on April 21. This week is marked under the patronage of the Syrian assistant secretary general of the Baath Party, Abdullah al-Ahmar.

In Beirut, a delegation from the Arab coordination committee for the global women's march against poverty and violence for the year 2000 on Wednesday visited Mariam al-Awaddi, deputy executive secretary general of the UN Economic and Social committee of Western Asia (ESCWA). They reviewed preparations for a march to be held in October 17 in New York as well as the demands of the Arab women.

They also reviewed the demand set by the Arab coordination committee of the world's peoples to express further solidarity with Lebanese prisoners in the Israeli jails.

The delegation handed over to Mrs. Awaddi a message addressed to UN secretary general Kofi Annan which includes the Arab women's demands.

The delegation includes representatives from Syria, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Morocco and Yemen.