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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Leo Correa

AP PHOTOS: Glimpses of horror emerge inside Syria's Saydnaya prison, dubbed 'The Slaughterhouse'

Syria Prison of Horrors Photo Essay - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Behind the coils of razor wire and concrete walls, glimpses of the horror emerge from the warren of dank, airless corridors of what has been dubbed “The Slaughterhouse.”

A coarse, heavy rope lies on the ground, tied into a hangman’s noose. Prosthetic legs are scattered outside a cell, the fate of their former owners unknown. In one cell, names are scrawled all over the walls – for some, perhaps the only testament they were ever there.

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