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Tadmor prison (Arabic: سجن تدمر) was located in Palmyra (Tadmor in Arabic) in the deserts of eastern Syria approximately 200 kilometers northeast of Damascus. Tadmor prison was known for harsh conditions, extensive human rights abuse, torture and summary executions.
19 cze 2015 · When Islamic State seized Palmyra in Syria last month, one of the first things it did was blow up the Tadmur prison - the country's most notorious jail, where for decades, political dissidents...
27 cze 2024 · The Tadmur prison massacre of June 27, 1980, was committed in reprisal for an assassination attempt against Hafez al-Assad, then president of Syria and father of the current President...
18 wrz 2001 · In this report Amnesty International calls on the Syrian Government to immediately and unconditionally release all prisoners of conscience from Tadmur Military Prison.
Tadmor was a notorious Syrian detention center for political prisoners, where torture, humiliation and massacre were common. This article explores the accounts of former inmates who wrote about their experiences in memoirs, novels, poetry and film, challenging the regime's denial and silence.
SYRIA'S TADMOR PRISON DISSENT STILL HOSTAGE TO A LEGACY OF TERROR. SUMMARY. In December 1995, some 1,200 political prisoners in Syria were released pursuant to an amnesty marking the...
Tadmur Prison is commonly referred to in Syria today as a place where “the person who enters is lost, and the one who leaves is born”. The prison gained this notorious reputation on account of the persistent reports over many years of systematic torture and ill-treatment.
