Tuesday 10/December/2024 – 02:25 AM
The Syrian Civil Defense, the White Helmets, announced the end of searches for potential detainees in undiscovered secret cells and basements inside the notorious Saydnaya prison, without finding any secret cells and basements that had not yet been opened.
Saydnaya prison, Syria
The Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets added, in a statement published on its official account on the X website, that the prison contained thousands of innocent people who were arrested by the defunct Assad regime, amid belief that some of them were unable to leave with hundreds of detainees during the past two days, due to their presence in court locations. Closure, according to the accounts of the missing persons’ families.
The Syrian Civil Defense confirmed that its specialized teams searched all sections and facilities of the prison, in its basements, in its courtyards, and outside its buildings, in the presence of people who were accompanying them and who had full knowledge of the prison and its details, and did not find any evidence confirming the existence of secret cellars or undiscovered basements.
He continued that the search operations involved 5 specialized teams, including 19 teams accompanied by trained police dogs, in addition to support and ambulance teams, stressing that the teams tracked all entrances, exits, ventilation openings, sewage and water pipes, electrical wires and surveillance camera cables without finding any undiscovered basements or basements.
In its statement, the Syrian Civil Defense expressed great disappointment over the presence of thousands of detainees who are still missing, and whose families have not been able to access any information that reveals their fate, stressing solidarity with the families of the victims and fully understanding their feelings of waiting for their loved ones and the souls of their souls.
He continued: We draw the attention of social media users to the widespread spread of misleading information and rumors about prisons and detainees, so please be careful when receiving this information and sharing it via the Internet and social media to protect the feelings of the victims’ families and not cause them any psychological harm.
He appealed to all parties, actors, and families of victims not to dig in prisons or harm them, because this leads to the destruction of physical evidence that may be essential for uncovering facts and supporting justice and accountability efforts, and assures them that our specialized teams are ready to deal with any prison in which they expect the presence of detainees in secret places.
He called on the competent international institutions and local authorities to support the efforts of Syrian civil society to reveal the fate of missing persons from all parties. The Syrian Civil Defense will harness its capabilities in this regard to uncover mass graves, identify unidentified bodies and hand them over to their families in the hope of helping to heal the wounds and support transitional justice efforts and building peace. peace.
