SK Eyes reports shooting, fire and military deployment in Saydnaya Syrian Prison
Posted by Farfahinne at 3:37 PMThe Samir Kassir’s SK Eyes foundation reported on Thursday that eye witnesses confirmed a shooting and a fire in Saydnaya prison in Syria on Saturday December 13. Military deployment was seen in the prison, and reports said they were still there, which indicated that there might be new tensions inside the prison. None of SK Eyes reporters was able to reach the Saydnaya prison to take pictures of the scene, because Syrian security forces had surrounded the area around the prison and prohibited visits since the incident. Similar incidents occurred in the prison on July 5, 2007 when 25 prisoners died after the Syrian police shot them as reported by the HumanRights Watch. The Syrian authority at the time published only one story in SANA News Agency, in which it said that a number of prisoners, convicted of extremist and terrorist actions, instigated chaos and attacked other prisoners.SK Eyes published the profiles of some authors and journalists imprisoned in Saydnaya.Firas Saad, 30, was a Syrian poet arrested on July 30, 2006 for posting anarticle on a website titled “Where is the Syrian army from the Israeli War on Lebanon?” in which he criticized the Syrian army’s indifference during the 2006 July War. He was sentenced to four years in prison in April 2008.
Tarek al-Biyassi, 23, was a Syrian blogger arrested on July 7, 2007 by the Syrian intelligence for criticizing the conduct of the security services through comments he had posted on website forums. He was sentenced to three years in prison.
Karim Antoine Arbaji, 30, was a blogger and held a BS in accounting. He was arrested on June 7, 2007 by the Palestine subdivision of the Syrian intelligence. He was jailed in Saydnaya prison on September 18, 2007 and was convicted of spreading false news and for writing and posting articles on websites criticizing the Syrian authorities.
The eight bloggers were men aging from 25 and 30 in the period between December 2005 and March 2006. They were jailed in single cells and were tortured and severely beaten until their bones broke.
One blogger, Hussam Melhem, was traumatized and was rendered deaf and mute. The men were convicted for trying to form a young political gathering and forpublishing articles on the internet in which they criticized the absence of democracy and freedom in Syria.
http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=71518
Tarek al-Biyassi, 23, was a Syrian blogger arrested on July 7, 2007 by the Syrian intelligence for criticizing the conduct of the security services through comments he had posted on website forums. He was sentenced to three years in prison.
Karim Antoine Arbaji, 30, was a blogger and held a BS in accounting. He was arrested on June 7, 2007 by the Palestine subdivision of the Syrian intelligence. He was jailed in Saydnaya prison on September 18, 2007 and was convicted of spreading false news and for writing and posting articles on websites criticizing the Syrian authorities.
The eight bloggers were men aging from 25 and 30 in the period between December 2005 and March 2006. They were jailed in single cells and were tortured and severely beaten until their bones broke.
One blogger, Hussam Melhem, was traumatized and was rendered deaf and mute. The men were convicted for trying to form a young political gathering and forpublishing articles on the internet in which they criticized the absence of democracy and freedom in Syria.
http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=71518
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