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Zusatztext Syria's dungeons have long kept its secrets; places so foreboding and cruel that few dared mention what happens inside them. The war has changed that. Once taboo topics are now being discussed far from the broken country, where former prisoners now in exile are detailing a killing and torture machine that rivals the Khmer Rouge for the scale of its savagery. In Syrian Gulag , Üngör and Baker open the gates of one of modern history's most infamous prison systems and empower a brutalised people to tell their stories. Informationen zum Autor Ugur Ümit Üngör is Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust, and Genocide Studies, Holland. He has won several academic awards and held visiting positions in Dublin, Vancouver, Budapest, Toronto, and Los Angeles. His most recent publication is Paramilitarism: Mass Violence in the Shadow of the State (2020). Jaber Baker is a documentary filmmaker, novelist and human rights activist. Between 2002 and 2004 he was held in a military prison in Syria. He has 16 years' experience of research and specialises in the Syrian prison system. Klappentext An estimated 300,000 people have been detained or have died in prison since the Syrian uprising broke out. Syrians can be arrested for liking a post on Facebook or for the political activities of a distant relative. They are imprisoned without trial, and tortured and starved, often to death. This book is the first to expose the worst prisons in the Middle East, if not the world. In previous years it had been too dangerous to undertake research on this subject, but the enormous numbers of Syrians taking refuge in neighbouring countries and Europe has allowed unprecedented access to their stories. Based on interviews with both the victims and perpetrators, survivors' memoirs and notes, as well as leaked regime archives, leaked photos, and leaked intelligence files, the book is a testament of the internment and imprisonment system in Syria under the rule of the Assads, father and son (1970-2020). A harrowing account of the machinery of the Assad dynasty, Syrian Gulag is also an urgent exposé on Syria today. Vorwort Exposes the brutal reality of the Syrian prison system created under the Assad regime Zusammenfassung Exposes the brutal reality of the Syrian prison system created under the Assad regime Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Introduction Intermezzo 1 The Guilty Dream Part One The Intelligence Agencies 1 The Military Intelligence 2 The Air Force Intelligence 3 The State Security or General Intelligence 4 The Political Security Division 5 The Military Police Part One Conclusion Intermezzo 2 Poem in Morse Code Part Two The Prisons 6 Mezze Military Prison 7 Palmyra (Tadmor) Military Prison 8 Saydnaya Military Prison 9 Civil Prisons 10 Secret Prisons Part Two Conclusion Intermezzo 3 Our Children in the World Conclusion Intermezzo 4 To Err is Human Appendix 1 Biographies Appendix 2 Torture Methods Appendix 3 Food Appendix 4 Diseases and Medicine Appendix 5 Prison Lexicon Notes Select Bibliography Index ...
