The Guardian: Up to 13,000 secretly hanged in Syrian jail, says Amnesty
Thousands of other opponents of Assad died from torture and starvation at Saydnaya prison, witness reports suggest
As many as 13,000 opponents of Bashar al-Assad were secretly hanged in one of Syria’s most infamous prisons in the first five years of the country’s civil war as part of an extermination policy ordered by the highest levels of the Syrian government, according to Amnesty International.
Many thousands more people held in Saydnaya prison died through torture and starvation, Amnesty said, and the bodies were dumped in two mass graves on the outskirts of Damascus between midnight and dawn most Tuesday mornings for at least five years.
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Amnesty says at least 13,000 people hanged at Syrian prison -- AP
Syria regime hanged 13,000 in notorious prison: Amnesty -- AFP
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Up to 13,000 hanged at Syria prison since 2011: Amnesty International -- UPI
Syria accused of hanging up to 13,000 people at Saydnaya prison by Amnesty International -- ABC News Online
13,000 people hanged in secret at Syrian prison, Amnesty says -- CNN
Syria: Secret campaign of mass hangings and extermination at Saydnaya Prison -- Amnesty International
Amnesty says at least 13,000 people hanged at Syrian prison -- AP
Syria regime hanged 13,000 in notorious prison: Amnesty -- AFP
Assad's thugs 'killed 13,000 civilians in four years': Regime accused of pursuing a 'policy of extermination' including mass hangings of up to 50 people at a time -- Daily Mail
Tens of thousands murdered for opposing Assad -- The Australian/The Times
Up to 13,000 hanged at Syria prison since 2011: Amnesty International -- UPI
Syria accused of hanging up to 13,000 people at Saydnaya prison by Amnesty International -- ABC News Online
13,000 people hanged in secret at Syrian prison, Amnesty says -- CNN
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