09.12.2024 14:00
In Syria, over 100,000 prisoners have been identified through security cameras in Sednaya Prison, which is associated with the regime overthrown by the opposition and known for its torture practices, but they are still unreachable. The opposition is trying to rescue the inmates by analyzing the building's structure using maps.
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On November 27, Wednesday, the opposition forces that launched an operation against Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria overthrew the 61-year-old Ba'ath regime in just 12 days.
SECRET UNDERGROUND CELLS
With the fall of the regime in Syria, survivors from the notorious Sednaya Prison, known for its torture, reported that people were held in secret underground cells. The civil defense group known as the White Helmets announced that reports were being investigated.
The group writing on the social media platform X announced that five "special emergency teams" had been deployed to the prison, assisted by a guide familiar with the prison's layout.
"GIVE US THE CODES TO THE UNDERGROUND DOORS"
Officials in Damascus reported that efforts were ongoing to release detainees who were "almost suffocating" due to inadequate ventilation. They called on former soldiers and prison staff from the Assad regime via social media to provide the opposition forces with the electronic codes to the underground doors.
"MORE THAN 100,000 DETAINEES SPOTTED ON CAMERA"
Opposition officials say they have been unable to open the doors to release "more than 100,000 detainees visible on security cameras." Videos showing attempts to reach the lower parts of the prison are circulating on the internet and news channels, including Al Jazeera.
SYRIANS RUSHED THERE TO SEE THEIR RELATIVES
In the videos, Syrians can be seen rushing to see if their relatives are among those released from Sednaya, where thousands of prisoners are said to have been tortured and executed during the Assad regime.
THEY RELEASED MORE THAN 3,500 DETAINEES
On Saturday, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) announced that it had released more than 3,500 detainees from the Homs Military Prison while taking control of the city. HTS, which entered the capital early Sunday, declared that "the era of tyranny in Sednaya Prison, a symbol of the darkest abuses of the Assad era, has come to an end."
"TURNED INTO A DEATH CAMP"
A 2022 report by human rights groups stated that Sednaya had "effectively turned into a death camp" since the outbreak of the civil war. Anti-regime forces that took control of Damascus are trying to decipher the building's structure by looking at maps to reach the missing prisoners in Sednaya Prison.
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