Inside the hunt for hidden cells in Sednaya prison, Syria’s ‘human slaughterhouse’
GuardianDEC 1 2024
Rescuers End Search Operations Inside Syria's Sednaya Prison
Above: People wait as teams investigate secret compartments at Sednaya Prison in Damascus, Syria, on Dec. 9, 2024. Image copyright: Emin Sansar/Contributor/Anadolu via Getty Images
The Spin
Narrative A
The liberation of Sednaya prison marks the end of a brutal era of systematic torture and execution, finally bringing justice to thousands of political prisoners who suffered under Assad's regime. The discovery of execution equipment and torture chambers proves the facility was nothing short of a death camp designed to eliminate any opposition to the government.
Narrative B
Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the leader of the anti-government terrorists in Syria, has a dismal human rights record himself. Jolani jailed his rivals in torture dungeons while he was ruling Idlib and the same will be done now across all of Syria to anyone who opposes Jolani's extremist agenda.