Thousands of people freed from Syria's Sednaya prison were seen flooding the streets in a monumental moment. Sednaya Prison, also known as the 'Human Slaughterhouse' is a large military prison on the outskirts of Damascus, responsible for the torture and killing of thousands of Syrian civilians. Human rights groups say the prison has been used since 2011 for the murder, torture, enforced disappearance and extermination of Syria's civilian population. In early 2017 reports leaked that a crematori

Hami Saleh, a Syrian prisoner who was released in 2015, tells Al Jazeera about the torture he endured in one of Assad’s prisons. Saleh visited the prison where he was detained after Syrian opposition forces took control of Homs and Assad fled the country. | AJ