The Book of Death: List of ‘29,000 People Executed by Assad’s Prison Killers Is Discovered in Human Slaughterhouse’
A list of 29,000 people executed by Assad’s killers has reportedly been discovered in his human slaughterhouse prison.
Syrian rebels discovered what is called the Book of Death when they looted the infamous Sednaya prison, where tortured bodies and piles of old clothes were also found.
Sickening footage showed the group unearthing the thick folder that counted as many as 29,000 names of dead prisoners as they were tracked over the course of a few years.
At least ten rebels gathered around the book in disbelief as they flipped through the pages, with hundreds of names scattered across each page.
In the horror clip, a man talks about the shocking discovery, which also contained a stash of other documents that Assad’s army failed to destroy.
The Syrian man goes on to explain how the group plans to use “every name” from the book to find the families of the deceased and contact them to inform them of the tragic news of their loved ones.
The rebel emphasized: “Collect them, save them, preserve them and free them.”
In a heartbreaking moment, he then reads out loud the names, dates of birth and what grisly method was used to execute those mentioned in the vile discovery.
Syrian rebels discovered what’s called the Book of Death when they looted the infamous Sednaya prison in Damascus
The book contained no fewer than 29,000 names of people who died in prison
At least ten rebels gathered around the book in disbelief as they flipped through its pages, with hundreds of names scattered across each page
An aerial view of the Sednaya military prison after armed groups opposing the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad took control of Damascus
He even points out how “field executions” are documented in the book before instructing his fellow rebels to be careful not to tear or destroy the papers.
‘Folks, we must contribute to the preservation of these properties.
“The regime broke the cameras and destroyed the hard drives so that these crimes would not come to light,” he says defiantly.
Syrian rebels continue their investigation into Sednaya prison following the release of several long-lost relatives following the fall of President Bashar al-Assad.
The infamous prison near Damascus, nicknamed the ‘Human Slaughterhouse’, is the epicenter of a systematic terror in which large numbers of prisoners were subjected to all kinds of inhumane treatment and executed.
Dark images and footage released this week showed shocked rescuers pulling dozens and dozens of body bags containing rotting corpses from the depths of the facility.
For most detainees, the horror began immediately after their arrest, often with severe beatings en route to detention centers.
Prisoners were subjected to brutal ‘welcome parties’, during which they were beaten with hoses, silicone rods and wooden sticks.
Survivors have described being hung by the wrists for hours, given electric shocks and burned with cigarettes, in horrific accounts to the New York Times and Amnesty International.
Once trapped behind bars, prisoners were soon introduced to all kinds of new torture methods, some of which were so infamous that they had been given a dark name.
One such grotesque device, nicknamed the “magic carpet,” involved chaining prisoners to a plank tied to a flexible plank divided in half by metal chain hinges.
The rebel even points out how “field executions” are documented in the book, before going on to tell his fellow rebels to be careful not to tear or destroy the papers.
Syrian rebels continue their investigation into Sednaya prison following the release of several long-lost relatives following the fall of President Bashar al-Assad
People are seen in Sednaya military prison after armed groups opposing Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian regime took control of Damascus
Guards would then lift the bottom half of the board and fold the prisoner’s legs back, slowly and excruciatingly pressing them into gruesome positions.
Another such torture tactic was called the ‘dulab’, in which the victims’ bodies were contorted into a rubber band, their heads pressed against their knees, before being rolled around and beaten mercilessly.
Assad previously denied both the killing of thousands of prisoners in Sednaya and the use of a secret crematorium to dispose of their remains in 2017.
Many detainees have revealed that they have been raped during their captivity and in some cases forced to rape other prisoners.
Torture and severe beatings by guards were used as a regular form of punishment and humiliation, often causing individuals to suffer lifelong damage, disability and even death.
According to a 2017 Amnesty report, cell floors were covered in blood and pus from injured prisoners, with the corpses of dead prisoners collected by prison guards every morning at 9am.
Detainees at Sednaya Prison were forced to obey a series of sadistic and inhumane rules as staff deprived prisoners of food, water, medicine and medical care.
When food was delivered, it was often spread across the cell floors by guards, where it mixed with blood and dirt, forcing prisoners to ingest the gruesome bodily fluids left behind by the wounded and dead.
It was also reported that an iron press allegedly used to crush and execute prisoners at Sednaya Prison was found in new videos shared by rebels as they freed prisoners.
Human Rights Watch has identified 27 detention centers believed to be used by intelligence agencies since the Assad government began a crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators trying to oust him in March 2011.