Bashar al-Assad is no longer in Syria, but the people who imprisoned him may be buried alive. Their families race against time to reach the Sednaya prison, known as the “human slaughterhouse”, and find their loved ones. Thousands of people were locked up there and many have disappeared. They fight every minute before the prisoners die of thirst or lack of air.
The river of people seems endless. They are headed for Syria's most notorious prison, Sednaya, following reports that thousands of people imprisoned by Bashar al-Assad's regime are still being held in underground torture chambers. – The relatives of the prisoners have been arriving in this part, which is called the “red part”, for several days, Maisun Laboud, whose three brothers and son-in-law live there, tells CNN. There is no oxygen inside because the ventilation is broken. Anyone can die.
The roads are jammed with cars full of families searching for their loved ones. As the CNN camera sees them, they approach with lists of names of people who have disappeared in Assad's prisons.
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Assad's brutal legacy
At one point, the CNN crew sees a crowd of people starting to run, hoping they've made it to the “red section” of the prison. After the first joy is a painful wait for information from rescuers. Many have been waiting for this for decades.
Rescue workers in white hard hats break through the concrete, looking for a way out. No one is sure where the “red part” is or if it even exists. At the same time, their family members are being searched in prisons. Everywhere you see people combing documents and looking for names. They check if their loved ones are there or not.
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Tens of thousands of Syrians were thrown into Sednaya prison, a place known as the “slaughter house”. Industrial scale arrests and torture – all to keep one person in power. Assad is no longer in Syria, but his legacy of brutality lives on.
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