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Syrian boy released from [torture area] prison in Damascus area.
Mako ^ | 12.8.24 | Sapir Lipkin

Posted on 12/08/2024 9:26:03 AM PST by Words Matter

Syrian boy released from horror prison in Damascus area | Documentation In the shadow of the overthrow of the Assad regime, Syrian rebels broke into the notorious prison - and freed women from it • In a documentary that made waves on the Internet - a small boy is seen being released with his mother • Watch Sapir Lipkin | N12 | Published 19:01 12.08.24

After the Syrian rebels took control of Damascus and declared the overthrow of the Assad regime, they arrived today (Sunday) at the infamous Sidania prison in the Damascus area - and released women from it. However, footage showing a small child who was released with his mother and was also being held there, went viral on social media and aroused empathy around the world.

The Sidania prison operated by the Assad regime is notorious for its alleged extrajudicial executions of thousands of people. It was used to imprison thousands of prisoners, most of whom were opponents of the regime, political activists, and opposition figures.

The footage shows the rebels opening the cell in one of the wings and calling the prisoners to leave, urging them: "Come out, you have nothing to fear." At the same time, the little boy who was with them is also seen leaving and freeing himself from the walls of the horrific prison.

In 2017, the US State Department accused the Syrian regime of murdering thousands of prisoners and burning their bodies in a large crematorium in the suburbs of Damascus. A State Department official and senior diplomat for Middle East affairs told a briefing that 50 opposition prisoners were being hanged every day at the Sidnaya military prison.

The international human rights organization Amnesty International published a report on the prison that year, estimating that "between 5,000 and 13,000 people were extrajudicially executed in Saydania between 2011 and 2015," with the Syrian military police carrying out the mass hangings.

Syrian rebels have taken over additional prisons in Syria. Among other things, prisoners escaped from the "Palestine Branch" prison in Damascus, which is notorious as a place where Syrian intelligence used torture against regime opponents.


TOPICS: Hezbollah; Iran; News/Current Events; Russia; Syria
KEYWORDS: arabs; assad; iran; muslims; torture

1 posted on 12/08/2024 9:26:03 AM PST by Words Matter
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To: Words Matter
the "Palestine Branch" prison in Damascus, which is notorious as a place where Syrian intelligence used torture against regime opponents.

What's in the name...

2 posted on 12/08/2024 9:26:48 AM PST by Words Matter
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To: Words Matter

That poor child.


3 posted on 12/08/2024 9:28:18 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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One of thousands ..


4 posted on 12/08/2024 9:34:48 AM PST by Words Matter
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To: Words Matter

And the Arabs choose to get mad at the Israelis, when they treat Arabs better than the Arabs treat themselves.


5 posted on 12/08/2024 9:35:48 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Death Toll due to Torture
30-Aug-2024
15,393
https://snhr.org/blog/2024/08/30/death-toll-due-to-torture/


6 posted on 12/08/2024 9:41:16 AM PST by Words Matter
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To: dfwgator

Exactly


7 posted on 12/08/2024 9:41:32 AM PST by Words Matter
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To: Words Matter

Staged...


8 posted on 12/08/2024 9:50:30 AM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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“Syrian Network for Human Rights”

UK and US funded. Let’s see how the millions of Christians trapped in Syria do with a government looking to cut their throats. And no, the above, likely CIA-funded, group won’t bother reporting on them.


9 posted on 12/08/2024 9:51:28 AM PST by BobL
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

More than likely


10 posted on 12/08/2024 9:54:46 AM PST by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: Words Matter

Assad may have killed as many as 700,000, completely without any notice of the compassionate west.


11 posted on 12/08/2024 9:59:59 AM PST by Spok
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To: Spok

These are the numbers we know...


12 posted on 12/08/2024 10:54:09 AM PST by Words Matter
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Assad may have killed as many as 700,000, and two blonds, completely without any notice of the compassionate west.

Why the two blonds?

See, I told you no one cares about 700,000 Syrians...


13 posted on 12/08/2024 11:01:50 AM PST by null and void (Regarding the second Trump presidency, everyone who isn’t terrified is thankful!)
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To: Words Matter

Don’t care.

Can’t make me care.

L


14 posted on 12/08/2024 11:03:18 AM PST by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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“One of thousands ..”

It’s good for the innocents. The new bosses will quickly fill it up again.


15 posted on 12/08/2024 12:50:01 PM PST by rxh4n1 ( )
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Only a fool would think life would be better in Syria with Islamic jihadists in charge.


16 posted on 12/08/2024 3:08:45 PM PST by Kazan
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