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Bashar al-Assad was ousted from Syria on Sunday as the rebels stormed Damascus. They also freed the prisoners from Sednaya prison, known as Assad’s “human slaughterhouse”.
Sednaya prison in Syria (Photo: X)
Syria Crisis: Syria, which was freed from the barbaric rule of President Bashar Al-Assad on Sunday, was witness to a moving moment after a video surfaced showing a toddler walking out of Sednaya prison, dubbed Assad’s “human slaughterhouse”, according to media reports.
The kid was seen emerging from a prison cell which was unlocked by the rebels who charged through the corridors, letting the prisoners, including women and children, free. A man said that he was scheduled to be executed that day, Al Jazeera reported.
Assad kept women imprisoned with the kids they gave birth to while captive. There’s a little boy coming out of one of the opened prison cells. 💔pic.twitter.com/ZUDlbrZGSe— Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 (@MarinaMedvin) December 8, 2024
The Sednaya prison, located near Damascus, was infamous for torture by the Assad regime. The prison has reportedly hanged between 5,000 and 13,000 prisoners since the beginning of the civil war in 2011.
Over 100,000 people have been locked into Syrian prisons during the period of the civil war, The Guardian reported.
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Damascus, Syria
