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Civil Prison in Algiers, Baroque, Ordinary Violence in Colonial Algeria, CHS Publications, Jan 21 2013

Berrouaghia

Algeria
1914
El-Harrach - Algeria

El Harrach

Algeria
Lambez Prison

Lambez prison

Algeria
Physical Violence

Chlef Prison

Algeria
1948
Anjar Detention Centre used by the Syrian Army since their entry in Lebanon in 1976, Al Jazeera.

Anjar Detention Center

Lebanon
1976 - 2005
A Lebanese soldier walks through cells at the Beau Rivage Hotel bloc, the former headquarters of the Syrian army intelligence (Mukhabarat), who completed their withdrawal from Beirut on March 16, 2005. Photo by Ramzi Haidar/AFP via Getty Images

Beau Rivage Detention Center

Lebanon
1987 - 2005
Birds Eye View of Aita el Foukhar detention Center, 1985, Map of Memory, ACT for the Disappeared, 2018.

Aita al-Foukhar Detention Center

Lebanon
Druse Progressive Socialist Party militiamen take cover from sniper fire at Barbir section of museum Green Line crossing between West and East Beirut, during internecine fighting. Photo by Bill Foley/The LIFE Images Collection, May 1, 1985.

Barbir Checkpoint

Lebanon
1975
تصوّرٌ مرئيّ لحاجز البربارة، موقع ليبانون ديبايت (Lebanon Debate)، 28 آب- أغسطس 2018..

Berbara Checkpoint

Lebanon
1979
Image dating back to 2008 claims to show Tadmor Prison with its doors broken open

Palmyra Prison

Syria
1980
An aerial view of Saydnaya prison. Photograph: Amnesty

Sednaya Prison 

Syria
2011
Eye birds view

Mezzeh prison 

Syria
Branch 215 is a notorious prison run by the Military Intelligence Directorate, where torture and executions are commonplace

Military Intelligence Detention Center (Branch 215)

Syria
the locations of detention centers that were identified by multiple witnesses. Using satellite imagery, Human Rights Watch asked the victims and defectors to point out the buildings where torture took place.

Military Intelligence Detention Center- Palestine branch (No.235)

Syria
2011

Alqa'ah Alkubra - Sanaa

Yemen
2016
The destruction created by the shelling

Tall El Zaatar

Lebanon
1976 - 1976
yemen aldahei taiz

Aldahei - Taiz

Yemen
2015

Damour Massacre

Lebanon
1976
Front page of Lebanese An-Nahar newspaper on December 7, 1975, published following the Black Saturday Massacre.

Black Saturday Massacre

Lebanon
1975
Central Prison - Sanaa

Central Prison - Sanaa

Yemen
1993
Destruction caused by bombardment - Sanban - Yemen

Sanban Village

Yemen
2015
Raiding Queen Boat for obscene behavior, South Florida Gay News, 19 June 2015

The Queen Boat

Egypt
2001
Al-Mansoura Court of First Instance where mistrials are carried out

Mansura Court of First Instance

Egypt
2014
Abu Hashem Checkpoint

Abu Hashem Checkpoint

Yemen
2016
Al Saleh Building

Asaleh City Building - Taiz

Yemen
2010
Bab AL-Falaj Checkpoint

Bab al-Falaj Checkpoint

Yemen
2016
A checkpoint in the Habilin area

Al-Habilin Checkpoint

Yemen
2016
Lip-sewn detainees at Beir Ahmed Prison

Beir Ahmed Prison

Yemen
2016
'Mud Prison'

Mud Prison

Yemen
2016
Al-Qahirah Castle in Taiz before restoration, Arab Yemen Website, 1 August 2016

Al-Qahira/Cairo Castle

Yemen
2011 - 2018
Almansoora Prison

Almansoora Prison - Aden

Yemen
1980

Political Security

Yemen
1978 - 2011
Image showing the entrance to the Corniche Castle of Al-Hudaydah, Al-Ain News Website, 25 June 2018

The Ancient Corniche/ Al-Hudaydah Castle

Yemen
2014
The ancient city of Baraqish in Al-Jawf Governorate, Yemen Today TV Channel, 15 January 2020

Ancient City of Baraqish, Al-Jawf

Yemen
2014
Zinjibar Museum - destruction of upper part by mortar rounds during storming and looting, This is Aden Website, 24 March 2018

Zinjibar National Museum, Abyan

Yemen
2011
Tunnels cut in ancient rocks lead to historic city of Baynun, Arab Yemen Website, 6 February 2019

Baynun Museum, Al-Hada, Dhamar

Yemen
2019
A general picture of the Dhamar Regional Museum prior to its bombing by coalition warplanes, Khabar Agency, 24 May 2015

Dhamar Regional Museum

Yemen
2014
Part of the destruction of the museum building after bombing, International News Agency, 3 February 2016

Taiz Museum

Yemen
2016
A general picture of the Military Museum in Aden before destruction, Aden Crater, Al-Ayyam Newspaper Website, 8 November 2017

Military Museum, Aden

Yemen
2015
After the camp bombing by Houthis

Bani Jaber Refugee Camp in Al-Hudaydah

Yemen
2018
After the shelling

Society Faculty - Dhamar

Yemen
2012 - 2019
Picture of Dr. Saad El-Din Ibrahim behind bars, BBC News, 30 May, 2001

State Security Investigations Service in Nasr City

Egypt
2000
Shaimaa Al-Sabbagh shot in protest, Daily News Egypt, January 25, 2015

Talaat Harb Square

Egypt
2015
Approximate images of the sexual harassment and torture of detainees in Port Fouad Than Police Prison

Port Fouad Second Police Station

Egypt
2012 - 2012

Al-Manakh Police Department

Egypt
2017
Egypt: These walls can speak – Cairo’s Mohamed Mahmoud graffiti

Muhammad Mahmud St.

Egypt
2011

The Cabinet St.

Egypt
2011
Here is where Daesh brought their victims, Nisan Journal, 28 February 2017

Al-Kafsa

Iraq
2014 - 2015
In the aftermath of the massacre, Bilal Al-Musili, 20 July 2017

Pepsi Factory Wall

Iraq
2017

Dhamar point

Yemen
2018
The remains of victims of Kojo village to be returned to Sinjar beginning of next February, Kerkuk Now, 20 January 2020

Kocho, Sinjar Massacre

Iraq
2014
Daesh blows up the historic lighthouse of Sinjar and the city’s houses, Elaph, 23 March 2015

Sinjar Archaeological Lighthouse

Iraq
2014
An Iraqi man prays for his slain relative at the site of a mass grave, believed to contain the bodies of Iraqi soldiers killed by ISIL at Camp Speicher on April 3, 2015 [AP/Khalid Mohammed]

Camp Speicher Massacre

Iraq
2014
Daesh throws 4 people to death off a building in Mosul, Masar Al-Arabiyya, 21 August 2016

(National) Insurance (Company) Building

Iraq
2015 - 2016
Rudaw opens a mass grave file in Tal Afar, Rudaw, 13 November 2020

Kasr Mihrab Village

Iraq
2014
Badush prison, Galgamesh Press, 2 April 2017

Badush Prison Massacre

Iraq
2014
Satellite image of Chikly Island

Chikly Fort

Tunisia
1993
Recent picture of the facade of Karraka Fort in La Goulette, Tunis

La Goulette Fort, Karraka

Tunisia
1962
Picture of the western gate of the wall and the entrance to the prison

Civil prison of Sousse

Tunisia
1962
Nadour Prison

Nadhour Prison

Tunisia
1964 - 2012
Ghar Al-Milh Prison

Ghar Al-Milh Prison

Tunisia
1964
Sabbat Ez-Zalam

Sabbat Ez-Zalam

Tunisia
1964
Women's prison in Manouba

Women's prison in Manouba

Tunisia
1960

9 April Prison in Tunisia

Tunisia
1964
Harboub Prison

Harboub Prison

Tunisia
1964
El-Kef Civil Prison, TN24

El-Kef Civil Prison

Tunisia
1964
The first public hearing held by the Truth and Dignity Commission (TDC), at Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia on November 17, 2016. © Eric Goldstein/Human Rights Watch

Ministry of Interior

Tunisia
1955
The Houareb Civil Prison

The Houareb Civil Prison

Tunisia
1955
Shells target areas of Adra Prison and a hospital in the suburbs of Damascus and its outskirts

Damascus Central Prison (Adra Prison)

Syria
Smoke rises from Aleppo's central prison following a reported air strike by Syrian government forces (AFP)

Aleppo Central Prison

Syria
يضمّ سجن حماة المركزي حوالي 1000 معتقل، منهم حوالي 600 معتقلون على خلفية تهم تتعلق بأنشطة مناهضة للنظام

Hama Central Prison

Syria
Tazmamart cells were set up inside a military barracks built by the French army during colonial days (French-Getty), Al-Jazeera, 6/1/2015

Tazmamart Prison

Morocco
1973
Castle prison.. hotbed of drunks and vagrants, Hespress, March 10, 2014

Kalaat Magouna Prison

Morocco
1980 - 1991
Akziz detainee: a “secret” detainee among a “public detainee”, Hespress, February 25, 2013

Agdz Detention Center

Morocco
1976 - 1991

Sekoura

Morocco
1983 - 1991
Teknit secret prison, in the province of Zagora

Tagounit

Morocco
1971

Dar Brisha, Tétouan

Morocco
Dar Al Makri Prison, Rabat. Rolle Benzaquin, 06/23/2016

Dar El Mokri, Rabat

Morocco
PRISON DE DERB MOULAY CHERIF - CASABLANCA

Derb Moulay Shrif, Casablanca

Morocco
1956 - 1999
حلب.. "أمن الدولة" يسلم 3 سيدات قضوا تحت التعذيب في أقبية المخابرات

State Security, Aleppo

Syria
1971
Map showing the locations of detention centers that were identified by multiple witnesses, HRW, JULY 3, 2012

Military Security, Aleppo

Syria
Air Force Intelligence in Aleppo

Air Security, Aleppo

Syria
2005

Political Security, Aleppo

Syria

State Security, Daraa

Syria

Military Security, Daraa

Syria

Political Security, Daraa

Syria

Air Security, Daraa

Syria
Aftermath of the explosion in Beirut’s port that devastated the city, killing more than 200 people, injuring more than 6,000, and leaving 300,000 people without shelter, HRW, 4 August 2020.

Beirut Port

Lebanon
2020
Residents of Tripoli and surrounding areas assembled in al-Nour Square to raise the Lebanese flags to the beat of nationalist and patriotic songs, LBC group, Oct 20, 2019.

Al-Nour Square, Tripoli

Lebanon
2019
Anti-government protesters wave Lebanese flags during ongoing anti-government protests, in Beirut, Lebanon, Human Rights Watch, November 10, 2019.

Martyr Square, Beirut

Lebanon
2019
Prison cells at Khiam Detention Cells whose only light comes through ventilation holes in the ceiling, isolation cells, interrogation rooms and communal cells, The Electronic Intifada, 30 October 2004.

Khiam Detention Center

Lebanon
1985
Dr. Mohamed Akl, "Cosnet", 2021

Hamdan Palace, Baqa al-Gharbiyye - a symbol of feudal oppression

Israel
1948
A Fatah movement poster from the Palestinian Digital Archive, Birzeit University

Kafr Qasim entrance, the ‘citizens’ massacre

Israel
1956

Saffuriyya, Nazareth District – Displacement, Occupation and Expulsion

Israel
1948
مواجهات في اللد ودعوات إلى حماية جامع المدينة من محاولات إحراقه,الميادين,2021

Al-Lydd Grand Mosque - May Uprising

Israel
1930

Al-Qastal, Jerusalem - Battle of the Fall in 1948

Israel
1948
Photo of the abandoned village of Summil

Summil (Gaza)

Israel

The Sheikh Munis Cemetery - The university is exhuming and erasing it

Israel
1947
Exhibition poster, Justice Commission to Research the Truth about Diyarbakır Prison, 2010, Diyarbakır,

Diyarbakır Prison/Diyarbakır Cezaevi/Girtîgeha Amedê

Turkey
1980
Madımak Hotel shall become a Museum of Shame, Pir Sultan Abdal Alevi Association, 2019, Sivas.

Madimak Hotel, Sivas

Turkey
1993

Taksim Square

Turkey
1960

Ulucanlar Prison

Turkey
1925 - 2006

Road 65, Ara, Arara Junction

Israel
1935
Ankara Bombing, Moment of explosion (10 October 2015) DW, 22 October 2015

Ankara Station Massacre

Turkey
2015
People gather in front of damaged building

Cizre Basement Massacre

Turkey
2013
A family standing against ruined building

Dersim Massacre

Turkey
1937 - 1938
A view from Roboski, 23 March 2015, Roboski, AGOS Newspaper.

The Roboski massacre

Turkey
2011
صورة حديثة لواجهة قلعة الكراكة في حلق الوادي بتونس

الكراكه

تونس
1962

إدارة المخابرات الجويّة، درعا

سوريا

امن الدولة درعا

سوريا
1993

الامن العسكري درعا

سوريا
1970

الامن السياسي درعا

سوريا
1988

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