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Thousands Freed from Assad's Notorious Prisons

Amnesty International describes Saydnaya Prison as a "human slaughterhouse," alleging that up to 13,000 Syrians were killed between 2011 and 2016 due to secret executions.
In 2022, ADMSP stated that Saydnaya "effectively became a death camp" after the start of the civil war in 2011.
Omar al-Shogre shared his experiences of torture during three years of detention in Saydnaya Prison as a teenager.

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The Hindu

At Syria’s infamous Sednaya Prison, relatives search for their loved ones

As Bashar al-Assad’s regime fell in Syria on December 8, relatives of detainees in the country’s various prisons have been lining up to search for their missing family members. One such prison, Sednaya prison, became infamously known as a ‘human slaughterhouse’ due to its alleged brutal treatment of detainees.

Syrians search for loved ones at notorious prison after Assad regime's downfall

Two days after rebels toppled Bashar al-Assad's government, the Biden administration said it would recognize the new Syrian government under certain conditions. Meanwhile, Syrians searched for their loved ones at the notorious Saydnaya prison. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer has more details.

2 months ago

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Hot News

Nightmare scenes in the main prison of Bashar al-Assad's regime. Syrians are looking for their missing relatives among disfigured corpses - HotNews.ro

Using only the light from mobile phones, weeping women and men examined the disfigured bodies that were removed from the prisons of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. Syrian families with missing relatives try to trace…

2 months ago·Romania

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NRC Handelsblad

The doors are open: Syrian prison Saydnaya offers a glimpse into 'hell'

Torture prisons: As Syria’s prisons open, people search for their loved ones in the labyrinthine cell complex of Saydnaya. “The regime…

2 months ago·Netherlands

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Neue Zürcher Zeitung

Rumors, hope and despair: Syrians search for missing people in Saidnaya prison

After the fall of Assad, thousands of Syrians flocked to the notorious Saidnaya prison to find answers to the question of the fate of their missing relatives. But not all hopes were fulfilled.

2 months ago·Zürich, Switzerland

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