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.
