• Home
  • About Team
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact Us

GoSportTimes

  • Money
  • Entertaiment
  • Industry
  • Science
  • Sports
  • World Media

Amnesty says at least 13000 people hanged at Syrian prison

  • by Virginia Carter
  • in World Media
  • — Feb 8, 2017
Share:

It details a daily regimen of humiliation, torture, violence and degradation.

The group has previously said that more than 17,700 people were estimated to have died in government custody in Syria since the conflict erupted in March 2011.

It said that in five years, as many as 13,000 people - majority civilians believed to be opposed to the government - were hanged in secret at the jail.

The Amnesty report is based on interviews with 84 witnesses, including guards, detainees, and judges.

The new report provides further evidence of mass killings in Syrian government prisons, and what it calls the government's "extermination policies". "This was normal for me then".

"We demand that the Syrian authorities immediately cease extrajudicial executions and torture and inhuman treatment at Saydnaya Prison and in all other government prisons across Syria". VOA also emailed the Syrian Foreign Ministry, but to no avail.

The 48-page report claims Syria secretly carried out mass hangings at the Saydnaya Military Prison to eliminate those who spoke out against the government. Detainees included doctors, lawyers, activists, engineers and humanitarian workers, says Amnesty.

The report describes how each detainee appears before a military field court, at which "proceedings are so summary and arbitrary that they don't even constitute a judicial process".

Victims would hang for 10 to 15 minutes. "Some didn't die because they are light", he said. Hours later, blindfolded, severely beaten and with nooses around their necks, they would realize their true fate. After being charged with crimes against humanity and given a three-minute trial, prisoners were sentenced to death. Those whose names are called out were told they would be transferred to civilian prisons in Syria. Instead, they were tortured until they gave false confessions.

In addition to the mass hangings, the report includes horrific accounts of torture and abuse suffered in the prison. The group says it's likely thousands more detainees have been killed in the previous year.

"For me, as president, when I do my duty, the same for the government and for the army, to defend our country, we don't look to this issue, we don't care about it", he said. "They would then ask a bigger prisoner to rape him.No one will admit this happened to them, but it happened so often.Sometimes psychological pain is worse than physical pain, and the people who were forced to do this were never the same again". She says upcoming peace talks can not ignore the findings, and calls for Iran and Russian Federation, the regime's closest allies, to push for an end to Syria's "murderous detention policies".

"We believe these practices are known about and approved by the highest level of the Syrian government", Waldman told Fox News.

"The worldwide community, notably the UN Security Council, must act immediately to end the crimes taking place in Saydnaya and other detention centres and ensure that investigations are conducted into who is responsible and that the perpetrators are brought to justice in fair trials".

Share:

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

  • Something you didn’t know about the escape rooms
  • Former French President Sarkozy to 'stand trial' over illegal campaign financing
  • Stenson Named European Golfer of the Year
  • YOU MAY ALSO LIKE...

    • AstraZeneca files bid for European Union vaccine approval 1/16/2021
    • Coronavirus: Africa to receive 270 million vaccine doses - Ramaphosa 1/16/2021
    • Rehearsal for Biden’s inauguration postponed due to security concerns 1/16/2021
    • Quick-thinking Florida waitress saves boy from abusive parents 1/16/2021
    • BC reports first case of South African COVID-19 strain | iNFOnews 1/16/2021
    • Wholesale inflation eases to 1.22% in Dec on decline in food prices 1/16/2021
    • 7 more COVID deaths added to county toll 1/16/2021
    • India to commence vaccine supply to Sri Lanka and other countries 1/16/2021
    • China vaccine’s low efficacy due to high-risk group, says Sinovac CEO 1/16/2021
    • Biden-Harris inaugural event to feature talent from New Jersey 1/16/2021

RELATED NEWS

2018 Cheltenham Festival: An Early Look At The Arkle
He will take some beating if aimed at this race; Mullins has trained the Arkle winner in two of the last three years. With the right schooling over fences, Charli Parcs could feature prominently if aimed at the Arkle.
11/23/2017

The Continuity of the Multimedia Exhibition of Santiago Ribeiro in Times Square in New York in the International Press
As Ribeiro continues planning the project’s next phase, he is testing innovative exhibition spaces such as Times Square. He conceived the International Surrealism Now movement in Coimbra with a major exhibit organized by Bissaya Barreto.
11/20/2017

Are Mobile Games the Right Way to Fight Stress?
Video games and stress relief Video games have been called a lot of things in the decades that have passed since their emergence. But the question still remains: are mobile games the right way to de-stress? Let's see what science has to say about the matter.
10/25/2017

General concerns of beginners in the casino
In general, there are three main concerns related to fraud in the casino. - I will not receive a prize Is this possible? Yes. Some of the online casinos can be fakes that having worked for just a week and collecting bets will simply disappear.
2/11/2017

Wolf budget axes some sales-tax exemptions, seeks lower corporate tax rate
Treasury: A decrease of about $153 million in the general fund for an overall budget of $1.38 billion. Some of them include eliminating the University of Pennsylvania's subsidy for veterinary programs.
2/08/2017

Christie Brinkley, 63, Poses For SI's Swimsuit Issue With Daughters
She looks terrific and as lovely as ever and still owns it in a swimsuit. "I thought, 'Those days are over, '" she said. Aging and body image aside, the most important thing is that Brinkley had a positive experience with her girls.
2/08/2017

Florida's solar workforce grows 26 percent in 2016
Many industry watchers don't expect that the new administration will be able to derail mature industries like solar and wind. The new figures were issued on Tuesday morning, courtesy of a new report from the The Solar Foundation .
2/08/2017

Showing Off With Its 475 Horsepower — Dodge Durango SRT
Undercutting pricier competition has always been the SRT credo with its in-house hot rods, and that hasn't changed. The seats are heated and ventilated in the front, with the second-row captain's chairs getting heating too.
2/08/2017

College Basketball's Contenders For 2016-17
That should be enough for Bill Self to do some serious damage, and if Jackson pans out they'll be right in the national title mix. At the time, some analyses counted it as the biggest surprise of the tournament that Oregon got the top seed out West.
7/22/2016

Microgaming - a leading online casino software provider
Other benefits include: ● Game Choice: Microgaming offers gambling fans the largest selection of games in the market. Have you ever played on a site powered by Microgaming software? What did you think? Share your experience below.
5/11/2016

    • Top picks

      • Canada reaches deal to buy 20M more doses of Pfizer vaccine1/15/2021
      • At least 23 Iranian, Syrian troops killed in Israeli strikes in Syria1/15/2021
      • The latest COVID-19 developments in Canada1/15/2021
      • Immunity Is Likely After COVID-but Not Guaranteed1/15/2021
    • Weekly News

      • N.Y. State Bar Association opens inquiry into Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani1/14/2021
      • European Union commission greenlights Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine1/14/2021
      • Four people, suspect killed in shooting rampage in USA state of IL1/14/2021
      • Ontario issues stay-at-home order, second state of emergency over COVID-191/14/2021
    • Latest News

      • Why Secret Service Couldn't Use Ivanka's Bathroom1/16/2021
      • North Korea unveils new missile which can be launched from a submarine1/16/2021
      • Michigan Ex-Governor Charged over Flint Water Crisis1/15/2021
      • Covid: WHO team probing origin of virus arrives in China1/15/2021
    • Home
    • About Team
    • Privacy Policy
    • Contact Us

    Saturday 16 January 2021

    © 2021 GoSportTimes. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.