'Using only the light on their mobile phones, wailing men and women examined disfigured bodies lying in a darkened hospital morgue in Syria's capital for signs of their relatives who had disappeared into Bashar al-Assad's notorious prison system,' Reuters reported.
'Dozens of corpses -- blackened, decomposing and missing limbs or heads -- were found overnight by rescuers digging for hidden cells at Sednaya, a prison north of Damascus, where rights groups said torture and mass executions had been common,' Reuters added.
IMAGE: People look at bodies, believed to be of prisoners from Sednaya prison, according to forensic official Zaher al-Taqesh, at the Al Mojtahed hospital, after rebels seized the capital and ousted Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, December 10, 2024. All Photographs : Mohamed Azakir /Reuters
IMAGE: Women look at a body believed to be of a prisoner from Sednaya prison.
IMAGE: People look at bodies, believed to be of prisoners from Sednaya prison, here and below.
IMAGE: A woman reacts in horror as she looks at the bodies.
IMAGE: Men carry a body, believed to be of a prisoner from Sednaya prison.
IMAGE: A woman walks next to bodies recovered from Sendaya prison.
Photographs curated by Manisha Kotian/Rediff.com
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