The claim
"This is one of the prisoners from Saydnaya Prison. A man is surprised to see a human face because some despicable person put him underground and decided to forget him in the hole," reads the post on X with picture of a seemingly shocked man getting out from a hole in the ground.
Rating
DW Fact check: Fake. The image doesn't show a detainee of Saydnaya Prison. It's a still from an AI-generated video.
Reviewed by Deutsche Welle ↗ ·
Original fact check ↗Sources and attribution
- [S1] Deutsche Welle original review
Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026