Story highlights Mass hangings took place twice a week over five years, Amnesty International claimsCNN has reached out to the Syrian government for comment(CNN) In the middle of the night, the Syrian prisoners are told they're being transferred. Blindfolded, they're moved from their cells to the grounds of Saydnaya prison, north of the capital Damascus. They're not told what's next -- likely, most don't know what's going to happen to them until they feel the noose around their necks. A new report from Amnesty International, Human slaughterhouse, contends that this was the fate of groups of up to 50 people, twice a week, at the prison. The rights group calculates that as many as 13,000 people were hanged in secret at the Saydnaya prison.

Source: CNN February 07, 2017 07:18 UTC