Syria Shudders as Assad’s Prison Atrocities Come Into the Light
At the country’s most notorious prison, Syrians confront their worst fears: that they will never know what happened to the…
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U.S. Charges Ex-Syrian Prison Official With Torture
The indictment was the second time in a week that the Justice Department announced that it had charged top Syrian…
Sednaya Prison in Syria: What to Know
Amnesty International described it as a “human slaughterhouse,” where, other rights groups say, tens of thousands of people were detained,…
Syria’s White Helmets director says Sednaya Prison was ‘hell’ for detainees
Raed al-Saleh tells Al Jazeera rescuers found bodies in ovens and executions took place daily at notorious facility.
What we know about Syria’s notorious Saydnaya Prison
Thousands of people have been executed and tortured in the secretive prison since the 1980s.
Families search Syria’s Sednaya Prison for loved ones after al-Assad’s fall
Rescue teams scour the notorious prison near Damascus for detainees and hidden underground cells.
Crowds Throng to Syria’s Sednaya Prison to Find Relatives and Friends
The Assad regime ran a network of torture centers that swallowed up tens of thousands of Syrians. Now that the…
Hunter Biden Faced Prison Time for Tax and Gun Charges
The president’s son had pleaded guilty to nine federal tax charges and was convicted of three felony counts for lying…
Prison officers deal drugs and ask inmates for sex, BBC told
Staff and former inmates say corruption is rife because guards know “how to fiddle the system”.