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Mozambique police commander says 33 dead, 1,500 escaped in Maputo prison riot
A prison riot in Mozambique’s capital Maputo left 33 people dead and 15 injured, the country’s police general commander Bernardino Rafael said on Wednesday. About 1,534 people escaped from the ...
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Former prisoner at Saydnaya prison in Syria recalls inhumane treatment
Omar Alshogre describe his experience in Syria’s notorious prison. During Syria's civil war, human rights groups estimate that more than 100,000 Syrians, including children, were held in ...
France 2422d
'Death camp': the haunting history of Syria's Sednaya prison
As former prisoners reunite with their families, questions remain about the prison’s hidden sections and the full extent of its brutal history under the Assad regime. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS ...
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Here’s Why These 29 Rappers Are in Jail or Prison Right Now
Frequently, hip-hop artists have found themselves on the wrong side of the law and are locked up in jail or have to serve a lengthy prison bid. XXL looks at over two dozen rappers who are in jail ...
New York Post22d
Scores freed from notorious Syrian prison dubbed the ‘human slaughterhouse’— including toddlers
Syrian rebels have freed prisoners — including toddlers — from a notorious, jam-packed prison dubbed the “human slaughterhouse,” where the Assad regime allegedly used an “iron press ...
The New York Times22d
What to Know About Syria’s Notorious Sednaya Prison
Throngs of Syrians rushed to the facilities to search for loved ones who had disappeared into the prison system during the 13-year civil war. No prison is more infamous than Sednaya, just north of ...
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Syria’s White Helmets director says Sednaya Prison was ‘hell’ for detainees
Syrian rescuers are searching through the notorious Sednaya Prison near Damascus to find and free detainees as they uncover abuses that took place during the rule of ousted President Bashar al-Assad.
The Washington Post20d
In Syria’s former ‘slaughterhouse,’ a desperate hunt for the disappeared
Syrians looking for information on people who disappeared under the former regime pick through documents at the infamous Sednaya prison near Damascus on Tuesday. (Lorenzo Tugnoli for The ...
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CNN goes inside Syria’s ‘slaughterhouse’ prison as desperate families look for missing loved ones
Crowds have descended on the notorious Saydnaya prison, which had become synonymous with arbitrary detention, torture and murder. Under the glaring sun, people poured toward the notorious facility ...
The New York Times23d
Crowds Throng to Prison in Syria, Desperate to Find Relatives and Friends
Dec. 9, 2024 Crowds descended on a prison on the outskirts of Damascus, the Syrian capital, on Monday, desperate to learn the fate of friends and relatives detained at a place that symbolized ...
Wall Street Journal22d
Syrians Search Notorious Prison for Thousands of Missing
As hundreds emerged from a prison near Damascus dubbed the “human slaughterhouse,” Rim Turkmani waited anxiously, hoping her cousin detained eight years ago would be among the prisoners who ...