After the fall of the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad, the rebels who overthrew him opened the regime’s prisons, releasing thousands of prisoners and discovering dozens of bodies. The complex was nicknamed the “human slaughterhouse.” The Assad regime used it to imprison and torture political prisoners, among others. “As a family, we are disappointed that the Dutch government did not …
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 …
Russian opposition leader Alexei Anatolievich Navalny, a staunch critic of President Vladimir Putin, died in prison, the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service said on February 16. {{^adFree}} {{/adFree}} A release from the prison service confirming Navalny's death was shared on the social media platform X by former deputy minister at the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs Anton Yuriyovych Gerashchenko. {{^adFree}} {{/adFree}} …
Moscow: Jailed Russian opposition leader and fierce critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Alexei Navalny, has died, according to the prison service of the Yamalo-Nenets region where he had been serving his sentence. The Federal Penitentiary Service of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District said in a statement that Navalny "felt unwell" after a walk at the IK-3 penal colony in Kharp, …
