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he military-run Saydnaya prison has been the site for 13,000 executions in the last five years, Amnesty International reports. Picture: AFP PHOTO / Amnesty International


Cells of Death in Saydnaya … 13,000 Executed

Cells of Death in Saydnaya … 13,000 Executed

Beirut- Amnesty International (AI) uncovered in a report issued Monday that between 2011 and 2015, twice every week, groups of up to 50 people were taken out of the Saydnaya prison cells and hanged to death. The report entitled “Human slaughterhouse: Mass hangings and...