In the aftermath of the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, Syrians are flocking to his regime's detention centers in a desperate attempt to locate family members who were imprisoned or forcibly disappeared. Many have been released after enduring harsh conditions for years, but numerous others remain missing, causing growing despair among their loved ones.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an estimated 100,000 individuals may have perished in government-run prisons out of the nearly half a million casualties during Syria's 13-year civil war. The recent overthrow of the Assad family's five-decade dictatorship has brought some hope for justice and accountability.
