Prisoner freed by CNN in Syria was member of Assad’s forces who killed civilians and tortured innocent men: Report
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3 months, 1 week ago

Prisoner freed by CNN in Syria was member of Assad’s forces who killed civilians and tortured innocent men: Report

Hindustan Times  

A prisoner who was caught on camera being freed by a CNN reporter and her team was actually a notorious member of Bashar al-Assad’s forces, a local fact check has revealed. Fact-checkers Verify-Sy claimed the man is named Salama Mohammad Salama, a first lieutenant in Syrian air force intelligence who allegedly tortured people who refused to pay him off. Prisoner freed by CNN in Syria was member of Assad’s forces who killed civilians and tortured innocent men: Report The week, CNN went viral after a video captured the moment CNN reporter Clarissa Ward and her team found and freed the man. The fact-checking outlet noted that Samala appeared “well-groomed, and physically healthy, with no visible injuries or signs of torture — an incongruous portrayal of someone allegedly held in solitary confinement in the dark for 90 days.” The man reportedly also “did not flinch or blink even when gazing up at the sky” despite claiming he had not seen sunlight for as many as three months. Salama allegedly also killed civilians during the Syrian civil war in 2014, and even detained and tortured young men on bogus charges.

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New Syrian regime executed 35 people in 3 days, war monitor accuses fighters of targeting pro-Assad officials
2 months ago

New Syrian regime executed 35 people in 3 days, war monitor accuses fighters of targeting pro-Assad officials

Firstpost  

The war monitor argued that the groups ‘carried out reprisals and settled old scores with members of the Alawite minority to which Bashar al-Assad belongs, taking advantage of the state of chaos, the proliferation of arms and their ties to the new authorities’ A month after taking over Syria, fighters affiliated with the country’s new leadership have carried out 35 …

Nearly 300 arrested in Syria crackdown on Assad loyalists: monitor
3 months ago

Nearly 300 arrested in Syria crackdown on Assad loyalists: monitor

The Hindu  

Syria's new authorities have arrested nearly 300 people, including informants, pro-regime fighters and former soldiers, in a crackdown on loyalists to ousted former president Bashar al-Assad, a monitor said Sunday. "In less than a week, nearly 300 people have been detained in Damascus and its suburbs, as well as in Homs, Hama, Tartus, Latakia and even Deir Ezzor," said Rami …

Nearly 300 arrested in Syria crackdown on Assad loyalists: monitor
3 months ago

Nearly 300 arrested in Syria crackdown on Assad loyalists: monitor

Hindustan Times  

Syria's new authorities have arrested nearly 300 people, including informants, pro-regime fighters and former soldiers, in a crackdown on loyalists to ousted former president Bashar al-Assad, a monitor said Sunday. Nearly 300 arrested in Syria crackdown on Assad loyalists: monitor Since rebels led by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group toppled Assad three weeks ago, ending more than five decades …

CNN says its report on a freed Syrian prisoner is not what it initially believed
3 months, 1 week ago

CNN says its report on a freed Syrian prisoner is not what it initially believed

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy CNN is acknowledging that a …

CNN says its report on a freed Syrian prisoner is not what it initially believed
3 months, 1 week ago

CNN says its report on a freed Syrian prisoner is not what it initially believed

Associated Press  

CNN is acknowledging that a gripping story it aired last week depicting a Syrian man being let free from a Damascus prison after the fall of dictator Bashar Assad’s regime was not what it seemed. The network said that it has since found out that the man shown in correspondent Clarissa Ward’s report, which initially aired on Dec. 11, apparently …

Proof that Syrian 'prisoner' discovered and freed by CNN crew was one of Assad's ruthless henchmen as ex-intelligence officer is now missing
3 months, 1 week ago

Proof that Syrian 'prisoner' discovered and freed by CNN crew was one of Assad's ruthless henchmen as ex-intelligence officer is now missing

Daily Mail  

A shocking image of the Syrian 'prisoner' who was discovered locked up Damascus prison by journalists proves that he was actually one of former dictator Bashar al-Assad's henchmen who ruthlessly killed and tortured inmates. But earlier this week Syrian fact-checking organization Verify-Sy reported that the man in the clip was in fact a first first lieutenant in the Syrian Air …

CNN drama gets busted: Clarissa Ward's liberated victim turns out to be Assad regime's torturer while network defends their report
3 months, 1 week ago

CNN drama gets busted: Clarissa Ward's liberated victim turns out to be Assad regime's torturer while network defends their report

Op India  

In a rather embarrassing turn of events, it has emerged that CNN journalist Clarissa Ward faked the scene of ‘liberating’ a prisoner from Bashar Al Assad’s prison in Syria. Following Verify-Sy’s report revealing that the rescued man was a torturer for the overthrown Assad regime and not a victim, CNN announced that it was looking into whether the released prisoner …

A CNN team rescued a ‘prisoner’ from Syrian jail. Now, the outlet admits he was an Assad torturer
3 months, 1 week ago

A CNN team rescued a ‘prisoner’ from Syrian jail. Now, the outlet admits he was an Assad torturer

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Days after airing an emotional …

Syria: Freed prisoner identified as intelligence officer, ‘wasn’t aware that Assad regime had fallen’
3 months, 1 week ago

Syria: Freed prisoner identified as intelligence officer, ‘wasn’t aware that Assad regime had fallen’

Live Mint  

A man who was recently freed by the rebels from a Damascus jai lwas reportedly a former intelligence officer of the ousted Syrian regime The man was found while the news outlet was looking for missing U.S. journalist Austin Tice. He said he was being held in a jail that had been run by the Syrian air force’s intelligence services …

Critics blast CNN as journalist Clarissa Ward admits man they claimed was a prisoner was in fact one of Assad's torturing henchmen
3 months, 1 week ago

Critics blast CNN as journalist Clarissa Ward admits man they claimed was a prisoner was in fact one of Assad's torturing henchmen

Daily Mail  

The freed prisoner who was rescued from a Syrian jail by CNN was a member of Bashar al-Assad's forces who killed and tortured civilians, the broadcaster has confirmed, as journalist Clarissa Ward gets blasted by critics. The inmate, whose real name is Salama Mohammad Salama, was found by CNN's chief international correspondent Ward and her team while they toured an …

CNN faces backlash over ‘staged’ Syrian prisoner rescue report
3 months, 2 weeks ago

CNN faces backlash over ‘staged’ Syrian prisoner rescue report

Al Jazeera  

Criticism mounts as US news channel backtracks on identity of Syrian prisoner who provided a false name and worked as an intelligence officer in the Assad regime. The video, aired on Thursday, shows CNN’s Clarissa Ward and her team, accompanied by an opposition fighter, reporting from a secret prison in the capital, Damascus, and stumbling upon a “hidden prisoner”. Heads …

CNN frees Syrian prisoner. He turns out to be Assad regime's torturer: Report
3 months, 2 weeks ago

CNN frees Syrian prisoner. He turns out to be Assad regime's torturer: Report

India Today  

CNN is under fire after a fact-check revealed that a Syrian prisoner recently freed by its crew was allegedly a former operative of Bashar al-Assad's regime, accused of torture, extortion, and other war crimes. Last week, the network aired dramatic footage showing journalist Clarissa Ward and her team helping a man escape from a secret detention facility in Damascus. However, …

CNN investigating whether prisoner 'rescued' by Clarissa Ward from Syrian jail is really innocent
3 months, 2 weeks ago

CNN investigating whether prisoner 'rescued' by Clarissa Ward from Syrian jail is really innocent

Daily Mail  

The 'hidden prisoner' who was rescued from a Syrian jail by CNN was a member of Bashar al-Assad's forces and killed and tortured civilians, a new report has claimed. The prisoner, whose real name is Salama Mohammad Salama, was a first lieutenant in the Syrian Air Force Intelligence, which served former President Assad, Syrian fact-checking organization Verify-Sy reported. Salama was …

CNN launches investigation amid fears Clarissa Ward's Assad jail rescue may not be what it appeared
3 months, 2 weeks ago

CNN launches investigation amid fears Clarissa Ward's Assad jail rescue may not be what it appeared

Daily Mail  

CNN has launched an investigation into reporter Clarissa Ward's viral rescue of a 'hidden prisoner' who said he was left in one of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's notorious jails for three months. CNN has launched an investigation into the viral moment reporter Clarissa Ward and her team stumbled upon a man locked in a cell in one of former …

Syria: Freed prisoner who said he was a victim of the Assad regime was an intelligence officer, locals say
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Syria: Freed prisoner who said he was a victim of the Assad regime was an intelligence officer, locals say

CNN  

CNN — A man who was filmed by CNN being released by rebels from a Damascus jail was a former intelligence officer with the deposed Syrian regime, according to local residents, and not an ordinary citizen who had been imprisoned, as he had claimed. An image obtained by CNN on Monday now points to the man’s real identity – said …

Former Syrian official arrested in California who oversaw prison charged with torture
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Former Syrian official arrested in California who oversaw prison charged with torture

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A former Syrian military official …

Syria’s tortured prisoners: The dead, the missing and the reunited
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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Syria’s tortured prisoners: The dead, the missing and the reunited

CNN  

CNN — In the days following the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, Syrians have crowded his regime’s notorious detention facilities in a desperate search for loved ones who were jailed or forcibly disappeared. Pictures of al-Hamada’s body surfaced on social media after his remains were found at a Damascus hospital, believed to have been dumped there by officials from Saydnaya …

Syria’s tortured prisoners: The dead, the missing and the reunited
Trending News
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Syria’s tortured prisoners: The dead, the missing and the reunited

CNN  

CNN — In the days following the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, Syrians have crowded his regime’s notorious detention facilities in a desperate search for loved ones who were jailed or forcibly disappeared. Pictures of al-Hamada’s body surfaced on social media after his remains were found at a Damascus hospital, believed to have been dumped there by officials from Saydnaya …

Incredible moment CNN reporter frees Syrian prisoner locked in windowless cell: Watch
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Incredible moment CNN reporter frees Syrian prisoner locked in windowless cell: Watch

Hindustan Times  

An incredible video shows the moment CNN reporter Clarissa Ward and her team found and freed a Syrian prisoner days after president Bashar al-Assad fled the country by plane. Incredible moment CNN reporter frees Syrian prisoner locked in windowless cell “My God, there is light,” the prisoner says to Ward and a soldier who shot the lock off his state …

Battered corpses show the horrors of life and death under Syria’s Assad
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Battered corpses show the horrors of life and death under Syria’s Assad

CNN  

Damascus, Syria CNN — The bruised and battered bodies inside the morgue of Mujtahid Hospital are hard to look at — tangible evidence of the brutal regime of toppled Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. “Even in the Middle Ages, they didn’t torture people like this.” Assad fled to Russia on Sunday after a lightning advance by Syria’s rebel groups, and the …

Truth Behind Viral Video Of 'Assad Cousin Suleiman Hilal Being Executed Publicly'
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Truth Behind Viral Video Of 'Assad Cousin Suleiman Hilal Being Executed Publicly'

ABP News  

Fact: The claim is false. Claim: The video depicts the execution of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s cousin Suleiman Hilal al-Assad in public following the fall of his regime. An X user shared the video with the caption, “Bashar Assad’s cousin Sulaiman Hilal Assad was hanged in Latakia’s public square.” Fact Check NewsMeter found the claim to be false. A …

Syria news: Kid scheduled to be executed the same day, walks out of Bashar Assad’s ‘human slaughterhouse’
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Syria news: Kid scheduled to be executed the same day, walks out of Bashar Assad’s ‘human slaughterhouse’

Live Mint  

Syria news: Syria witnessed a historic moment, after a kid who was scheduled to be ‘slaughtered’ the same day, walked out of a cell of the Sednaya prison, which has been dubbed as Assad's ‘human slaughterhouse,’ reported Al Jazeera. ‘Hidden underground cells’ at Sednaya prison An intense search was underway at the Sednaya prison on Monday for “hidden underground cells,” …

US indictment accuses two Syrian officials of torture at notorious prison
3 months, 3 weeks ago

US indictment accuses two Syrian officials of torture at notorious prison

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — U.S. prosecutors are accusing two senior Syrian officials of overseeing a notorious prison that tortured peaceful protesters and other political prisoners, including a 26-year-old American woman who was later believed to have been executed. The indictment, filed Nov. 18 in federal court in Chicago, is believed to be the U.S. government’s first against what officials say were networks …

Syrian man, 57, arrested by Assad thugs aged just 18 is FOUND looking dazed outside hellhole prison where he was caged for four decades
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Syrian man, 57, arrested by Assad thugs aged just 18 is FOUND looking dazed outside hellhole prison where he was caged for four decades

Daily Mail  

A 57-year-old Syrian man who 'vanished' after his arrest by al-Assad thugs as a teenager has been spotted by stunned relatives looking dazed outside a prison after he was freed four decades later. Moammar Ali had the greatest surprise of his life as - after 39 years of searching - he found his older brother Ali, pictured right, outside of …

Women and children among thousands of inmates freed from Bashar al-Assad's HORROR jail
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Women and children among thousands of inmates freed from Bashar al-Assad's HORROR jail

Daily Mail  

Women and children have been freed from despot president Bashar al-Assad's 'human slaughterhouse' prison as Syrian rebels seize power of the country. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO Freed at last: Thousands of prisoners inside the murderous Saydnaya prison have been released by rebels Toddlers could be seen in a video posted on X wandering around near unlocked prison doors while women …

Syrian rebels free prisoners from ‘human slaughterhouses’ after Bashar al-Assad exit
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Syrian rebels free prisoners from ‘human slaughterhouses’ after Bashar al-Assad exit

Hindustan Times  

Armed Syrian rebels, led by the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, freed hundreds of prisoners detained by exiled President Bashar al-Assad in jails, which the detainees describe as “slaughterhouses”. As the rebels swept across Syria, they broke through jails, where the government officials had fled, to free political prisoners detained by Assad since the beginning of ‘pro-democracy’ protests in 2011. Exiled Omar …

Syrian rebels free prisoners from Assad's notorious dungeons who celebrate in Damascus streets
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Syrian rebels free prisoners from Assad's notorious dungeons who celebrate in Damascus streets

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. As the insurgents swept across Syria in just 10 …

US charges two former Syrian officials for allegedly torturing Americans and Syrian nationals
3 months, 3 weeks ago

US charges two former Syrian officials for allegedly torturing Americans and Syrian nationals

CNN  

CNN — Two former high-ranking Syrian intelligence officials have been charged with war crimes for allegedly torturing Americans and other civilians who were deemed enemies by the Syrian government and held in a military prison, the Department of Justice said Monday. “The perpetrators of the Assad regime’s atrocities against American citizens and other civilians during the Syrian civil war must …

Assad’s ‘human slaughterhouses’: What to know about Syria’s prisons
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Assad’s ‘human slaughterhouses’: What to know about Syria’s prisons

Al Jazeera  

Bashar al-Assad’s apparatus ran more than 100 detention facilities where it tortured indiscriminately. During a lightning offensive to capture Syria, opposition fighters have freed thousands of people from a network of terrifying prisons that characterised the repressive al-Assad regime that they eventually ousted. In 2014, a regime defector, who went by the name “Caesar”, fled Syria with tens of thousands …

Heartbreaking moment TODDLER walks out of prison cell in Assad's 'human slaughterhouse' as Syrian rebels free inmates from jail where rape and torture is endemic - and 13,000 were executed by the regi
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Heartbreaking moment TODDLER walks out of prison cell in Assad's 'human slaughterhouse' as Syrian rebels free inmates from jail where rape and torture is endemic - and 13,000 were executed by the regi

Daily Mail  

This is the heartbreaking moment a toddler is seen walking out of a Syrian prison cell inside tyrant President Bashar al-Assad's 'human slaughterhouse'. This is the heartbreaking moment a toddler is seen walking out of a Syrian prison cell inside tyrant President Bashar al-Assad's 'human slaughterhouse' Women and children have been freed from despot President Bashar al-Assad's 'human slaughterhouse' prison …

UN report says Palestinian detainees taken by Israeli authorities faced torture and mistreatment
7 months, 4 weeks ago

UN report says Palestinian detainees taken by Israeli authorities faced torture and mistreatment

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The U.N. human rights office …

Syrian official who oversaw prison where alleged abuse took place arrested by US officials
8 months, 1 week ago

Syrian official who oversaw prison where alleged abuse took place arrested by US officials

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A former Syrian military official …

Fact Check: Old video of atrocities by Syrian militia shared as Israeli troops torturing Palestinians
1 year, 3 months ago

Fact Check: Old video of atrocities by Syrian militia shared as Israeli troops torturing Palestinians

India Today  

A horrifying video circulating on social media allegedly shows Israeli soldiers torturing Palestinians. The video shows pro-Assad forces brutally executing Syrian civilians. The video's presence on Russian social media site VK and the use of its screenshot in another news portal's report further corroborate its Syrian origin. So, while we couldn't independently verify the video's location, it is clear that …

‘He threw up blood’: Palestinian detainees face abuse in Israeli custody
1 year, 4 months ago

‘He threw up blood’: Palestinian detainees face abuse in Israeli custody

Al Jazeera  

From beatings to withholding medication, testimonies point to growing rights violations in Israeli jails since October 7. Ramallah, occupied West Bank – On the morning of October 8, one day after Hamas’s attack, Israeli special forces units raided the cells of Gilboa prison and violently beat Palestinian prisoners held there. “The revenge attack began that morning,” Salah Fateen Salah, a …

UN: Syria prison attack shows need to deal with ISIL detainees
3 years, 2 months ago

UN: Syria prison attack shows need to deal with ISIL detainees

Al Jazeera  

Men, women and children with alleged ISIL links held in Syrian prisons ‘have never been charged with a crime, yet remain in prolonged detention, uncertain of their fate’, UN official says. ISIL “has been highlighting and calling for jail breaks” and “there have been previous instances in Syria and elsewhere in the world”, Voronkov, the UN’s counterterrorism chief, said. “Daesh’s …

Syrian torture survivors brace for verdict in landmark trial on crimes against humanity
3 years, 2 months ago

Syrian torture survivors brace for verdict in landmark trial on crimes against humanity

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Survivors of torture in Syria …

For victims, Syria torture trial is 1st step toward justice
3 years, 2 months ago

For victims, Syria torture trial is 1st step toward justice

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Victims of torture in Syria and human rights activists say they hope the upcoming verdict in a landmark trial will be a first step toward justice for countless Syrians who suffered abuse at the hands of President Bashar Assad’s government in the country’s long-running conflict. A court in the German city of Koblenz is scheduled to deliver its …

US sanctions Syrian prisons, officials for human rights abuses
3 years, 8 months ago

US sanctions Syrian prisons, officials for human rights abuses

Al Jazeera  

The Department of the Treasury said the sanctions promote accountability for abuses committed against the Syrian people. The United States Department of the Treasury said on Wednesday that it had imposed sanctions on eight Syrian prisons run by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s intelligence apparatus and five senior officials who control the sites, where human rights abuses have taken place. The …

UN: Arbitrary detentions in Syria conflict may be war crimes
4 years ago

UN: Arbitrary detentions in Syria conflict may be war crimes

Associated Press  

GENEVA — Tens of thousands of civilians in Syria were “arbitrarily detained” in enforced disappearances during the country’s 10-year conflict, a U.N. commission said in a report released Monday. According to the report, the Syrian government arbitrarily arrested and detained individuals and committed “war crimes and crimes against humanity in the context of detention.” Other parties in the conflict also …

‘An institution of torture’: Why the conviction of a low-ranking Syria regime official in Germany matters
4 years, 1 month ago

‘An institution of torture’: Why the conviction of a low-ranking Syria regime official in Germany matters

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. He was part of an amazingly brutal system.” open …

ISIS suspects in overcrowded Syrian prison tell CBS News they're Americans
5 years, 6 months ago

ISIS suspects in overcrowded Syrian prison tell CBS News they're Americans

CBS News  

Northern Syria — A U.S.-backed Syrian militia running a prison packed with thousands of alleged ISIS fighters is struggling to keep control of the detainees. The militia let CBS News correspondent Holly Williams and her team inside the high-security prison in northeast Syria — the first time a television camera has been allowed in. The SDF commanders running the prison …

Inside Assad's prisons: Horrors facing female inmates in Syrian jails revealed
7 years, 7 months ago

Inside Assad's prisons: Horrors facing female inmates in Syrian jails revealed

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. What their testimony also means, however, is that officials …

At least 13,000 ordinary civilians hanged in Syrian prison since 2011: Report
8 years, 1 month ago

At least 13,000 ordinary civilians hanged in Syrian prison since 2011: Report

India TV News  

Syrian authorities have killed at least 13,000 people since the start of the 2011 uprising in mass hangings at a prison north of Damascus known to detainees as ‘the slaughterhouse’, a report said. In its report, rights watchdog Amnesty International said that between 2011 and 2015, 20-50 people were hanged each week at Saydnaya Prison in killings authorized by senior …

Syrian activists languish in government jails
8 years, 3 months ago

Syrian activists languish in government jails

Al Jazeera  

Tens of thousands of political prisoners are being held without charge or on confessions obtained through torture. For the crime of providing food to displaced Aleppans, her friends say, activist Zilal Salhani became one among tens of thousands of political prisoners left to an uncertain fate in Syria’s jails. “Civilian activists who took to the street at the beginning of …

Syria war: Doctor reveals horrific torture in prison as Amnesty International estimates 17,723 detainees killed
8 years, 7 months ago

Syria war: Doctor reveals horrific torture in prison as Amnesty International estimates 17,723 detainees killed

The Independent  

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Report documents horrific torture in Syrian prisons
8 years, 7 months ago

Report documents horrific torture in Syrian prisons

LA Times  

One former prisoner described undergoing desperate jailhouse surgery performed with a scavenged razor blade. It felt like a knife excavating my body — Shiyar, former prisoner Researchers said they found the ex-prisoners’ accounts credible, in part because some details were repeated again and again by people who had never met — descriptions, for example, of the “welcome party” – a …

‘It was hell’: Syrian refugees share stories of torture
8 years, 9 months ago

‘It was hell’: Syrian refugees share stories of torture

Al Jazeera  

“They would rape women in the other rooms and make us hear their screams.” Amman, Jordan – Syria’s civil war isn’t just being fought on the ground but also in its prisons. He wasn’t the same again.” Alaa, 32, Daraya ‘I would rather kill myself than go back there’ “I was coming back from prayer. When I cried for the …

Syria’s civil war: On Syria’s forgotten detainees
8 years, 9 months ago

Syria’s civil war: On Syria’s forgotten detainees

Al Jazeera  

Syrian activists demand answers on the fate of thousands of detainees languishing in regime and opposition prisons. Both rights groups and opposition negotiators had hoped the first Hama standoff would push Syria’s forgotten detainees back to the forefront of the Syria peace talks. According to the campaign’s founding statement: “There is international responsibility towards the continuance of the incarceration of …

Inmates in Syria’s Hama prison capture regime officials
8 years, 10 months ago

Inmates in Syria’s Hama prison capture regime officials

Al Jazeera  

Prison chief among 11 snatched by prisoners in Hama’s central prison, after inmates handed death penalty. Prisoners inside Syria’s Hama central prison have captured several government officers, including a high-ranked police officer, a source inside the jail told Al Jazeera on Saturday. The head of the prison, a police officer and nine other government forces were captured by the prisoners, …

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