Fadel Abdulghany, head of the Syrian Network for Human Rights, estimates that 1.3 million people, including thousands of women and children, have been detained in the Assad regime’s sprawling network of secret prisons since 2011. More than 100,000 people are still believed to be missing. And for tens of thousands of Syrians searching through hospitals, mosques, and graves for traces of loved ones, the road to any kind of closure remains long and hard.
Source:
The Free Press
