"Prisons have been central to Syrian public consciousness for more than half a century. Some of the most notorious complexes, such as Tadmor (Palmyra) Prison, were constructed by the colonial French Mandate authorities. [..] The Syrian prison network in all its infamy, however, was assembled over two generations of #Assad rule."

https://www.nybooks.com/online/2024/12/22/syria-the-prison-gates-thrown-open/
https://archive.ph/TSSir

#Syria #AssadDynasty #SyrianPrisons #Saydnaya #StateViolence #StateCrime @syria

"[T]he authors argue that the carceral system built by the #Assads straddles the 'gray zone' between concentration camp and prison. 'Its scale, levels of violence, and impact on society transcends a regular penal system,' posing a threat to the stability of #Syria|n society and standing in the way of any alternative future for the country."

#LaraSabra reviews #JaberBaker's & #UğurÜmitÜngör's #SyrianGulag: Inside #Assad’s Prison System

https://aljumhuriya.net/en/2024/09/06/the-heart-of-the-death-machine/
#SyrianPrisons #books
@syria

The Long Shadow of Assad's Gulag: Syrian Former Detainees in Europe

Lecture by Uğur Ümit Üngör, Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the University of Amsterdam & co-author of "#SyrianGulag: Inside #Assad’s Prison System"

CW: contains images & description of #torture

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljV4BUjZ2-A&pp=wgIGCgQQAhgB

#Syria #SyrianUprising #SyrianRevolution #ArabSpring #SyrianWar #PoliticalPrisoners #PoliticalDetainees #AssadDynasty #SyrianPrisons #SyrianRefugees #paramilitaries #books