The claim
"At first glance, one would think this is a scene from a horror movie?! But in fact, it is Sidnaya prison in Damascus."
Original publisher’s rating
DW Fact check: False. The widely circulating image does not show a Saydnaya prisoner. It's a reconstruction of a cell commonly known as a tiger cage in the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
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- [S1] Deutsche Welle original review
Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026
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