Tadmor Prison

Tadmor Prison
Tadmor Prison is located in Syria
Tadmor Prison
Tadmor Prison
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LocationTadmur, Homs Governorate, Syria
Coordinates34°33′32″N 38°17′7″E / 34.55889°N 38.28528°E / 34.55889; 38.28528
StatusDestroyed active from 1930s-2001, 2011-2015

Tadmor prison (Arabic: سجن تدمر) was located in Palmyra (Tadmor in Arabic) in the deserts of eastern Syria approximately 200 kilometers northeast of Damascus.

Tadmor prison was known for harsh conditions, extensive human rights abuse, torture and summary executions. A 2001 report by Amnesty International called it a source of "despair, torture and degrading treatment."[1]

It was captured and destroyed by militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in May 2015.[2]

  1. ^ "SYRIA: TORTURE, DESPAIR AND DEHUMANISATION IN TADMUR MILITARY PRISON". www.amnesty.org. Amnesty International. 18 September 2001. Retrieved 2016-07-10.
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