Sednaya prison outside the Syrian capital Damascus where thousands were secretly executed, according to a report by Amnesty International. Human rights groups estimate that tens of thousands of political prisoners have disappeared in the Syrian prison system since the uprising against Assad’s rule first erupted in 2011, and they suspect many of those have been tortured to death or secretly killed. The majority of those executed at Sednaya were political prisoners, including many of the ordinary people who joined in the peaceful protests against Assad, the report says. Former detainee Omar al-Shogre before his arrest, left, and shortly after his release from Seydnaya prison, according to Amnesty International. “Many of the prisoners said they were raped or in some cases forced to rape other prisoners.

Source: Washington Post February 07, 2017 01:23 UTC