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Ulucanlar Prison

Turkey
1925 - 2006

Al-Lydd Grand Mosque - May Uprising

Israel
1930

Road 65, Ara, Arara Junction

Israel
1935

Dersim Massacre

Turkey
1937 - 1938
Image dating back to 2008 claims to show Tadmor Prison with its doors broken open

Palmyra Prison

Syria
1980
Almansoora Prison

Almansoora Prison - Aden

Yemen
1980
Castle prison.. hotbed of drunks and vagrants, Hespress, March 10, 2014

Kalaat Magouna Prison

Morocco
1980 - 1991
Exhibition poster, Justice Commission to Research the Truth about Diyarbakır Prison, 2010, Diyarbakır,

Diyarbakır Prison/Diyarbakır Cezaevi/Girtîgeha Amedê

Turkey
1980

Sekoura

Morocco
1983 - 1991
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
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

الامن السياسي درعا

سوريا
1988
Central Prison - Sanaa

Central Prison - Sanaa

Yemen
1993
Satellite image of Chikly Island

Chikly Fort

Tunisia
1993
Madımak Hotel shall become a Museum of Shame, Pir Sultan Abdal Alevi Association, 2019, Sivas.

Madimak Hotel, Sivas

Turkey
1993

امن الدولة درعا

سوريا
1993
Picture of Dr. Saad El-Din Ibrahim behind bars, BBC News, 30 May, 2001

State Security Investigations Service in Nasr City

Egypt
2000

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