Police Kill 25 in Syrian Prison Massacre

The Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC) announced that a massacre had occurred on July 5 at the Sadnaya military prison, west Damascus. At least 25 detainees had been killed by the Syrian police, according to SHREC that received phone calls from inside the prison during the massacre. The detainees started a protest at 7am to call for an improvement on their conditions but the Syrian police escalated its reaction and shot at the unarmed detainees causing an unconfirmed number of deaths and injuries. Meanwhile, the Syrian News Agence, SANA, issued a statement from the authorities saying that it has “restored calm” over the prison after “riots” been caused by “terrorists” and “extremists”. Syrian bloggers inside as well in the diaspora reflected on this tragic incident. We start with Ahmad (Ar) blogging from Syria who lists the... [read full story]