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Syrian mass graves show the worst abuses 'since the Nazis,' top prosecutor says (www.nbcnews.com)

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Mass graves uncovered in Syria after Bashar al-Assad’s overthrow reveal evidence of systematic atrocities, with over 100,000 people tortured and killed in what a top war crimes prosecutor described as the worst abuses “since the Nazis.”

Assad’s regime operated a “machinery of death,” involving mass disappearances, torture, and secret burials.

Rebel forces freed thousands of political prisoners, but many remain missing.

International efforts aim to document war crimes, though Assad, now in Russia, is unlikely to face trial.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Have they been in a prison where they were regularly and systematically tortured, and that for decades, before they ended up in those bags?

Not even a fucking month has passed and people with .ml accounts are already trivialising Assad. Tankies gotta stick to their own, I guess.

[–] Doorbook 6 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

I don't understand this comment but yes the Palestinian in Gaza were in a giant prison, they get restricted access to food, no freedom of movement, and when they try to peacefully leave got shot in the knees by sniper.

[–] Doorbook 5 points 8 hours ago

And those who were in officially “Israeli” prisons, got raped according and torture.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

You missed the industrial-scale torture part. There's been some instances of torture, yes, but nothing even close to what happened in Syria in matters of both scale and systematics. The IDF, at large, has always been more interested in killing people than pure, unadulterated, sadism.

You're rightfully enraged about the plight of the Palestinians, now don't turn around and deny the plight of Syrians by drawing false equivalences. If you want to draw an equivalence for the Syrian situation try North Korea.