In the beginning of the 1980s, Syria witnessed a number of crimes against humanity in which thousands of Syrians were unlawfully killed, thousands were forcibly disappeared, and thousands of others were detained with no legal documents for various periods of time, and in which inhumane practises were inflicted upon them, causing a large number of […]
Tadmur Prison: A Special Report
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 […]
The Tadmur (Palmyra) Prison Massacre on its 27th Anniversary
The Tadmur (Palmyra) Prison Massacre on its 27th Anniversary…Still Awaiting for Justice On 27th June 1980, the Syrian Regime’s death machine slaughtered approximately 1000 Islamic detainees as they sat defenceless within their cells in the desert prison of Tadmur. The machine used to carry out this operation was the Defence Brigades, headed and commanded […]