Syrian mother who lost 4 sons demands Assad to be punished in infamous Sednaya Prison

A 60-year-old Syrian mother, who lost four of her sons to the brutality committed by the ousted Bashar Assad regime, called for the former head of the regime and his family to be punished in the infamous Sednaya Prison.

Semira Salih Ugla, originally from Damascus, recounted that her children – Hani, Eyhem, and Betul Hishman – were detained in Sednaya Prison in 2012 for participating in anti-regime protests.

Her grief was compounded when she learned of Hani’s death while her other sons, Ahmed, Mohammed, and Eymen, were shot dead in the street before her eyes.

She has not yet heard about the fate of Eyhem and Betul since their imprisonment.

After the tragic loss of her sons, she fled Syria with her two daughters, seeking refuge in Türkiye.

For the past 12 years, she has been living in Türkiye’s southeastern Sanliurfa province.

Despite her struggles, Ugla expressed a sense of relief with the fall of Syria’s decades-long Baath regime, although the pain of her loss lingers.

Speaking to Anadolu, she said: “The reports we’ve heard about the methods of torture there are horrific—acid tanks, press machines, and unimaginable cruelty.”

“I had hoped to reunite with my son Hani, even if he had lost his memory,” she said, adding: “But instead, I’ve only received confirmation of one death, while the fates of my other two children remain unknown.”

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