Syria’s White Helmets send rescue teams to Sednaya prison; ousted president Bashar al-Assad has fled to Moscow, Russian media report
As the brutal regime of Bashar al-Assad fell, the doors of the country’s notorious prisons have opened, including those of Sednaya, a facility described as a “human slaughterhouse”. Across the country prisoners, bewildered and exultant, have poured out of their cells. But it’s not clear if all detainees are free.
Since the beginning of the crisis in Syria in 2011, Sednaya prison, which is about 30 kilometres from the capital, had become the final destination for both peaceful opponents of the authorities as well as military personnel suspected of opposing the regime. On Monday Syria’s White Helmets civil defence forces said they were investigating claims of “hidden underground cells” in the prison that, according to accounts from survivors, could be holding further detainees.
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