'13, 000 people hanged in prison Syria '

'13, 000 people hanged in prison Syria '

World February 7, 2017 06:39

damascus - weekly mass executions between 2011 and 2015 there were in the Saydnaya prison in the Syrian capital Damascus place. Thereby suspended about 13,000 people, Amnesty International concludes in a report published Tuesday.

Not one of the prisoners hanged in the Saydnaya prison this gruesome punishment after something also receives only remotely resembling a fair trial, says Amnesty. 'A so-called military court condemns a prisoner in a procedure that mocks all legal standards and takes no more than two minutes. '

The report Human slaughterhouse: Mass hangings and extermination at Saydnaya prison, according to Amnesty International shows that the Syrian government deliberately inhumane prison conditions created by means of torture and the systematic abstain from food, drink, medicine and medical care.

The suspensions in Saydnaya prison found once or twice a week, usually on Mondays and Wednesdays, in the middle of the night. A time were executed 50 prisoners.

'The Syrian authorities give to the highest level approved the killings and abuses in prison, which could be qualified as war crimes and crimes against humanity,' Amnesty wrote.

The research is also based on 84 testimonials include former guards and supervisors in Saydnaya prison

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