The Al-Hasakah Central Prison is a prison located in Al-Hasakah, Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria.
History
In 1993, Kurdish prisoners protested the conditions at the central prison. Syrian security forces stormed the prison on March 23, 1993, which lead to 61 prisoners burning to death, and the subsequent execution of another five.
The Islamic State captured the prison in 2015 from Syrian government forces, releasing all inmates. The prison was then used as base by the Islamic State, before being captured by Syrian Armed Forces during the 2015 battle of al-Hasakah.
The prison was captured by Asayish forces during the 2016 battle of al-Hasakah.
References
- ^ David L. Phillips (5 July 2017). The Kurdish Spring: A New Map of the Middle East. Taylor & Francis. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-351-48036-9.
- Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada (May 23, 2000). "Syria: Whether a fire was set at Hasaka prison on 24 March 1993 killing around 60 people". United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
AFP stated that on 20 May 1993 five Syrian prisoners were hanged after being found guilty of setting fire to the al-Hasaka Prison and causing the deaths of 57 victims (15 June 1993).
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Abdelatti, Ali (June 26, 2015). Heinrich, Mark (ed.). "Islamic State says frees prisoners in Syrian city of Hasaka". Reuters.
Islamic State said on Friday it had freed prisoners held at a jail in the city of Hasaka that it is fighting to seize from government forces.
- "Inmates set free as IS storming Syria Hasaka prison". Xinhua News Agency. June 27, 2015. Archived from the original on February 20, 2018.
The IS on Friday continued to advance against the government forces, storming the central prison of Hasaka, and releasing all inmates, Arab media cited the IS reports as saying.
- "Syria army pushes ISIS back from Hasaka". Al Arabiya English. June 7, 2015.
Syria's official SANA news agency also reported the fighting, saying the army had retaken several positions captured by ISIS in recent days, including an electricity station and a prison being used as a military base.
- "Kurdish forces control about 90% of Al-Hasakah city". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. August 22, 2016.
Al-Hasaka Province, The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: The Kurdish forces managed to take control of Al-Hasakah central prison in the city of Al-Hasakah, after violent clashes between Kurdish forces and the Internal Kurdish Security Forces "Asayish" against the regime forces and NDF in the prison area, which make the Kurdish forces in control of about 90% of Al-Hasakah city.
- "Photos of Hesekê Hasakah Central Prison, now under Asayish control". Liveuamap. Archived from the original on February 20, 2018.
- Hesen, Hoşeng (August 23, 2016). "ji nava girtîgeha navendî ya #Hesekê - rapor Hoşeng Hesen". Ronahî TV via YouTube. Retrieved February 19, 2018.