The Assad regime's detention facilities have long been places of terror, with the most notorious dubbed 'the slaughterhouse'.
The Assad regime's detention facilities have long been places of terror, with the most notorious dubbed 'the slaughterhouse'.
Large crowds gathered at the infamous Sednaya prison, a symbol of arbitrary arrests, torture, and killings. Under the scorching sun, people flooded toward the facility north of Damascus. Traffic backed up for miles, forcing some to abandon their cars and walk the final stretch uphill, past barbed wire and watchtowers.
Syrians celebrating in Latakia were filmed riding around on a toppled statue of former president Hafez al-Assad, Bashar’s father, as it was dragged through the streets.Rebel fighters overthrew Assad on Sunday, forcing him to flee to Russia. Soon after, images began circulating of prisoners being freed from Saydnaya prison. This sparked a wave of Syrians turning to social media, desperately searching for information about their missing loved ones.
Videos showed fighters freeing female prisoners on Sunday, who needed to be encouraged to leave, unable to believe they were truly getting out.No more than a few meters across, the narrow cells had been stuffed with more than a dozen people at a time, leaving no space to lie down, according to rights groups. The screams of prisoners being tortured could be heard echoing down the hallways.
Two of the most notorious prisons were Tadmor, in the desert of the ancient city of Palmyra, and Sednaya.Authorities have called on former soldiers and prison guards to provide opposition forces with the passwords to unlock underground electronic doors. They claimed that thousands of detainees were still trapped in these dungeons, according to CCTV images,
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