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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
yemen aldahei taiz

Aldahei - Taiz

Yemen
2015
Central Prison - Sanaa

Central Prison - Sanaa

Yemen
1993
Destruction caused by bombardment - Sanban - Yemen

Sanban Village

Yemen
2015

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

Dhamar point

Yemen
2018
Shells target areas of Adra Prison and a hospital in the suburbs of Damascus and its outskirts

Damascus Central Prison (Adra Prison)

Syria

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

Ankara Station Massacre

Turkey
2015

Cizre Basement Massacre

Turkey
2013

Dersim Massacre

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

The Roboski massacre

Turkey
2011

إدارة المخابرات الجويّة، درعا

سوريا

امن الدولة درعا

سوريا
1993

الامن العسكري درعا

سوريا
1970

الامن السياسي درعا

سوريا
1988

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