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Syria Releases Videos of Doctors Confessing Organ Harvesting

6/21/2026

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Syrian Justice Ministry released videos showing former officers and doctors confessing to extracting organs from detainees in military hospitals.
Human rights groups said the confessions align with documented torture and organ trafficking by Assad-era security forces and urged international investigators to gain access.
The videos have revived accusations of state-sanctioned medical crimes in Syria.

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Syrian Justice Ministry released videos showing former officers and doctors confessing to extracting organs from detainees in military hospitals.
Human rights groups said the confessions align with documented torture and organ trafficking by Assad-era security forces and urged international investigators to gain access.
The videos have revived accusations of state-sanctioned medical crimes in Syria.