Relatives of Sednaya detainees show photos of prisoners who disappeared in this penitentiary center, Dec. 10, 2024 in Damascus. (Credit: Mohammad Yassin/L'Orient Today)
In the morgue of Moujtahed Hospital in Damascus, an anxious short-haired woman moves from room to room, searching for her brother’s remains. He had been imprisoned by the Syrian regime years ago.She believes she recognized him in one of the photos released by the hospital, which received around 40 unidentified bodies following the fall of the Assad regime. All of them had died in the infamous Sednaya prison, located about 30 kilometers from the capital. Read more Sednaya's gates are open, thousands freed from Syria's 'human slaughterhouse' The body she is seeking is labeled “number 14,” but it is nowhere to be found in the morgue. "The remains were claimed by relatives," a nurse informs her. Panicked, the woman calls a family member to inquire, only to learn that others who believed the body was their loved one had already...
In the morgue of Moujtahed Hospital in Damascus, an anxious short-haired woman moves from room to room, searching for her brother’s remains. He had been imprisoned by the Syrian regime years ago.She believes she recognized him in one of the photos released by the hospital, which received around 40 unidentified bodies following the fall of the Assad regime. All of them had died in the infamous Sednaya prison, located about 30 kilometers from the capital. Read more Sednaya's gates are open, thousands freed from Syria's 'human slaughterhouse' The body she is seeking is labeled “number 14,” but it is nowhere to be found in the morgue. "The remains were claimed by relatives," a nurse informs her. Panicked, the woman calls a family member to inquire, only to learn that others who believed the body was their loved one had...