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Op-Ed: How the legacy of Syria’s prisons is becoming a battle for memory

Dealing with the legacy of Syria’s prisons and security branches as atrocity sites is a collective moral responsibility and part of the fight for memory, “the last bulwark against repeating the past,” Nour al-Khateeb writes.

Cells, interrogation rooms, inscriptions: The need to protect evidence in Assad’s prisons

By Ammar Hamou|2024-12-09T23:42:26+01:00December 9, 2024|

In the chaotic, jubilant process of emptying Assad’s prisons—including the notorious Saydnaya on the outskirts of Damascus—misinformation has spread and crucial evidence has been tampered with, SNHR’s Nour al-Khatib tells Syria Direct.