Amnesty report on hangings at prison rejected

Syria’s justice ministry has rejected a report by Amnesty International that alleged as many as 13,000 people have been executed at a government prison. The ministry said the claims were “completely untrue and intended to harm Syria’s reputation”. Amnesty said mass hangings took place every week at Saydnaya prison between September 2011 and December 2015. […]

Syria’s justice ministry has rejected a report by Amnesty International that alleged as many as 13,000 people have been executed at a government prison.
The ministry said the claims were “completely untrue and intended to harm Syria’s reputation”.
Amnesty said mass hangings took place every week at Saydnaya prison between September 2011 and December 2015. It said executions had been authorised at the highest levels of the Syrian government.
The human rights group interviewed 84 people, including former guards, detainees and officials at the prison, north of Damascus, for its report.