The 'iron press': How the Assad regime tortured its victims to death - then crushed their bodies

Sky's Yalda Hakim goes into the notorious Sednaya prison on the outskirts of Damascus.

For years, we have heard claims of mass executions taking place there, and torture being used on inmates.

As we walked through the doors of the prison, we got a window into that horrific back story.

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[ceegee]

Now Russia invited assad with open arms. That says a lot.

[DavidGetling]

Those who would leave Ukraine to Putin's tender mercies would do well to remember that he fully supported this, and does the same kind of thing himself.

[benjiviews]

This is the regime Russia propped up for years.

[edc]

The regime that Russia and Iran chose to prop up

[SckailaWaston]

That’s why Russia should not be allowed to defeat its neighbors

[karl]

Calling the torturers animals is a disservice to animals. Only humans are capable of such inhumanity.

[Shoded]

Don’t forget that Iran and Russia supported this barbaric regime

[rand]

How could any one sleep knowing all the blood that's on his hands

[DR-pjsr]

0:34 that look from this young girl. Tells more than words. Fingers crossed that Syria can recover and communities live together in peace.

[lilyrosie]

So heartbreaking to see that there are so many monsters in the form of humans in this day and age.

[paulk]

Shocking that nothing has ever been done about this, so many innocent human lives lost.

[maxd]

May God have mercy on Syria and bring justice and healing to their nation 🙏🏼

[parkinwisdom]

International Criminal Court case against these torturers. ⚖

[fatihkamehame]

Speaking to Turkish television, the old man who spent nearly 10 years in Syrian prison said that he could show the mass graves around the prison if requested. He said that the prisoners were killed en masse and then thrown into pits dug around the prison with ladles.

[MoReal]

Iran and Russia supported this regime..This will never be forgotten.

[Mike-tbci]

Only a monster murders tortures and kills his own people

[danvitty]

2:30 Al Assad was not an animal. Animals kill out of necessity. What Al Assad did to millions of people was much more vile

[izzatfauzimustafa]

One of the worst parts of Sednaya Prison was prisoners were sadistically mutilated as well before they were murdered by prison guards or officers in charge of the torture chambers, interrogation teams and many more.

[chrisislas]

I’m from the US. So sorry to hear that this went on concerning peoples loved ones. 😢

[southwestsearch]

No doubt he'd escaped.
Like Hitler, went to ground.
Israeli only wanted to be left alone. Hence the border wall.
Palestinians and Hamas destroyed that neutral ground.