A woman sentenced to 34 years in prison for tweeting in support of women's rights has been released after four years following international outrage.
At Saydnaya Military Prison, the Syrian authorities have quietly and methodically organized the killing of thousands of people in their custody, claimed Amnesty.
Inmates Gunasegar Pitchaymuthu, 35, Ramesh Jayakumar, 34, and his brother Sasivarnam Jayakumar, 37, found guilty of murdering a man in 2005 were executed.The representing attorney for the three said, the execution were carried out on Monday morning.
Amid protests from Amnesty International and human rights group, deportation of the Syrian refugees seeking asylum from Russia was halted. The reprieve has been issued after the European Court of Human Rights issued an emergency ban.
