Tadmur Prison (Palmyra) is counted among the worst reputed prisons internationally, having witnessed unprecedented atrocities for at least two decades, some of which has not been documented, and whose perpetrators have not been taken to court till today. Since its inception in 1997, the Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC) has worked on the case of […]
Thirty three years on the Hama Massacre: The Criminals Remain Outside the Realm of Justice
On the 2/2/1982, forces of the Syrian army began targeting the city of Hama, in an attack which lasted 27 days and included a continuous series of massacres on different districts of the city, leading to the killing of approximately 30,000 civilians according to SHRC’s calculations, among them around 10,000 whose fate has not yet […]
Accused of the Tadmur Massacre
According to the confessions made by some of the perpetrators of the Tadmur Massacre, and according to the political and military structures in the units which participated in the massacre, those accused of the massacre whose names have been known include: 1. Hafiz al-Assad (President at the time of the Massacre) 2. Rif’at al-Assad (Commander […]