Amnesty: As Many as 13,000 Hanged in Syria Prison Since 2011

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT World http://ift.tt/2kmkPHk
via IFTTT Syrian authorities have killed as many as 13,000 people — possibly more — since the start of the 2011 uprising in mass hangings at a prison north of Damascus known to detainees as "the slaughterhouse," Amnesty International said on Tuesday.