Massacre in Syria 2-14-2017

14, February 2017                  Massacre in Syria

Over the course of a year of research, Amnesty International has uncovered a calculated campaign of mass hangings and extermination at Saydnaya prison in Damascus. They were able to reconstruct the prison using the services of forensic architecture experts and from testimony from a group of Saydnaya survivors.

According to an Amnesty spokesperson, the Syrian authorities have been repeatedly torturing prisoners and depriving them from the basics of human survival, food, water, medicine and medical care, which has resulted in a massive number of deaths. The remaining survivors were taken out of their dark cells and hanged.

An estimated 13,000 have perished. Those arrested would simply disappear - cut off from friends and family and the outside world. An additional 17,700 people have died in other prisons as a result of savage beatings. In a horrific sadistic orgy to entertain the guards the prisoners were forced to rape each other before they were tortured and beaten to death.

These appalling war crimes are in complete violation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. In a chilling epitaph to this ongoing saga, Fox News has reported that Russia has just sent Syria the largest shipment of missiles to date to ensure the slaughter continues.

It is an absolute abomination that President Trump has chosen to remain silent in Russia’s active role in supporting these war crimes - lest he offend his friend, Vladimir Putin. Please call 202-456-1111 and demand an end to the human carnage.