Horror unfolds in Syria: Rebels promise to release list of torturers

The developments in Syria after the fall of President Assad are stormy. Pro-regime activists and civilians announced that they had released prisoners, especially in the notorious Saidnaya prison, a symbol of the regime’s brutality. Rebels also said yesterday that they found about forty bodies with visible signs of torture at the morgue of a health center near Damascus. The rebels who have now seized power in Syria will release a list of “top officials involved in torture against the people”, their leader Abu Mohammad al-Julani announced today. “We will make public the first list that will include the names of the highest-ranking officials involved in torture against the Syrian people,” the rebel leader, who has also been using his real name, Ahmed al-Shareh, said via Telegram. “We will offer rewards to anyone who provides information about senior military and security officers involved in war crimes,” he promised. “We will prosecute war criminals and demand […]
Source: News Beast

You may also like