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Sednaya_exhibition

Art & Culture Exhibition

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Berlin exhibition exposes horrors of Syria's Sednaya prison

Former detainees and digital reconstructions expose the violence and trauma of Syria's 'human slaughterhouse' Sednaya prison in a Berlin exhibition

Rawaa Talass

13 May, 2026

The release comes as the Syrian government faces growing pressure to deliver justice for the Latakia killings

Post-Assad Syria

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Syria frees 300 prisoners for Eid, including ex-Assad officers

The New Arab Staff

09 June, 2025

Dozens of Syrians take part in a protest in front of the Lebanese Embassy in Damascus on April 25, 2025, demanding the release of Syrian detainees held in Lebanon's Roumieh Prison. (Photo by Rami Alsayed/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Post-Assad Syria

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Syrian protesters call on Lebanon to release detainees

The New Arab Staff

26 April, 2025

UK muslim prisoners [Getty]

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UK: Muslim inmates more likely to be faced with violence in jail

The New Arab Staff

17 April, 2025

A Group Of Syrian Women Organized A Sit-in In Front Of The Presidential Palace In Damascus, demanding the new government press the Lebanese government to release Syrian detainees, on December 30, 2024.(Photo by Rami Alsayed/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Lebanon

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Lebanon preparing to repatriate hundreds of Syrian inmates

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

21 March, 2025

Using prisoners to put out LA wildfires is a case for abolition

Black Lives Matter UK

29 January, 2025

Iraqi prisons

Iraqi government

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Crisis in Iraqi prisons: overcrowding and widespread abuses

Dana Taib Menmy

01 January, 2025

Syrians search for their relatives with posters in Damascus

Post-Assad Syria

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Over 112,000 forcibly disappeared by Assad regime likely dead

The New Arab Staff

28 December, 2024

Posters have covered public buildings and monuments in Damascus, including the Marjeh Square monument [Getty]

Post-Assad Syria

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Photos of missing Syrians cover Damascus in tragic plea for info

The New Arab Staff

21 December, 2024

Travelers walk with their luggage to the departures hall of the Al-Masnaa eastern Lebanese border crossing with Syria on December 10, 2024. (Photo by Hassan JARRAH / AFP) (Photo by HASSAN JARRAH/AFP via Getty Images)

Lebanon

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Lebanese released from Assad jail after 33 years

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

10 December, 2024

Prisoners from Gaza recently released by Israel have appeared shocked, emaciated, and brutalised [Getty]

Israel

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Israel gives 'starvation' level of food to Palestinian prisoners

The New Arab Staff

27 June, 2024

France

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Iran accuses France of 'interfering' over detained nationals

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

14 May, 2024

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Israel detains 142 Palestinian women and girls from Gaza

The New Arab Staff

11 December, 2023

palestinian prisoners

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Palestinian girl due to be released in swap returned to jail

The New Arab Staff

27 November, 2023

Dozens of Israelis began a 5-day march from Tel Aviv that will culminate in a rally outside the Israeli PM office in West Jerusalem, to demand the Israeli gov't to agree to a prisoner swap deal.

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Israeli protesters increase pressure for prisoner swap deal

Ibrahim Husseini

15 November, 2023

Bahraini Shia women protest

Bahrain

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Bahrain sentences 13 'political prisoners' for protest

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

27 September, 2023

Metropolitan Police

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Escaped terror suspect Daniel Khalife arrested in London

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

09 September, 2023