Tadmor Prison
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 | |
| Location | Tadmur, Homs Governorate, Syria |
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| Coordinates | 34°33′32″N 38°17′7″E |
| Status | Destroyed active from 1930s-2001, 2011-2015 |
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."
It was captured and destroyed by militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in May 2015.
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