Lawyer uncovers Sednaya files exposing Syria’s disappeared

Summary

After the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Ammar, a Syrian lawyer and former Sednaya prison detainee, returned to the wreckage of the notorious facility and unearthed classified records. The files document enforced disappearances, deaths in custody and other evidence pointing to systematic brutality against detainees. Ammar's discovery provides a rare, paper trail of what happened to many of Syria’s missing and offers concrete leads where there had been only absence and silence.

Using the records, Ammar works to identify victims, support families seeking answers and pursue avenues for justice and accountability. His efforts aim not only to give relatives the chance to grieve and find closure but also to create a foundation for broader reconciliation and legal redress in a fractured Syria, bringing fragile hope to communities devastated by decades of repression and war, as reported by Al Jazeera