The man who documented the horror: Caesar breaks his silence!

The man who documented the horror: Caesar breaks his silence!

Daraa, Syrien - The shocking report on the atrocities in Syrian prisons achieved new awareness through the statements of Farid al-Madhan, known as “Caesar”. The former military photographer revealed himself two months after the fall of Bashar al-Assad and unveiled in an Interview with Al-Jazeera that he worked as head of the Department of Forensic Evidence in Damascus. In his function, he documented the mass torture and killing of prisoners, which he held in over 55,000 photos and smuggled out of the country to document crimes against humanity, as krone.at

serious documentation of brutality

The terrifying photos of "Caesar" led to the adoption of the so-called "Caesar law" in the USA, which imposed sanctions against Assad and its supporters in 2020. Another dramatic report by Amnesty International shows that over 17,700 prisoners have been killed in Syrian prisons since the beginning of the civil war in 2011. The organization revealed serious human rights violations and asked the international community to put pressure on the Syrian regime in order to obtain the immediate release of non -violent political prisoners and to end torture. Survivors reported cruel conditions that they were exposed to, including brutal abuse and torture, such as Zeit.de documented.

The stories show that the regime is systematically and with great brutality against everyone who is perceived as a threat. Prisoners were treated "like animals" and had to spend the night with corpses in crowded cells. "Every guard grabbed one and beat him up," reported survivors. Amnesty International puts the average number of dead per month at 300, which is probably only the tip of the iceberg, since many have disappeared in the darkness of the detention centers.