Unveiling the Horrors of Syria's Saydnaya Prison
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DW's fact-checking team debunked several viral claims about Syria's Saydnaya Prison, known for human rights abuses. False images and videos, including AI-generated content, were misrepresented as evidence of prisoner conditions. Claims of underground cells were also disproven by investigations. Such misinformation can undermine efforts to document real atrocities and hold perpetrators accountable.
- Fact check: Misleading claims about Syria’s Saydnaya Prison DW (English)
- The dead, the missing and the reunited: Three tales of Syria’s tortured prisoners CNN
- ‘Executed, Executed, Dead From Sickness’: The Grim Records From Syria’s Notorious Prison The Wall Street Journal
- Syria's liberated political prisons reveal grim reality of Bashar Assad's regime of torture Fox News
- A Search in Syria for the Disappeared The New York Times
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