Tens of thousands expected to attend funeral of Syrian activist Mazen al-Hamada

Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend the funeral of activist Mazen al-Hamada which is scheduled to be held later today in Damascus.

Hamada, one of Syria’s most prominent anti-government activists, had spent years abroad telling people of the abuses he suffered in Sednaya, where he was held for over a year and a half for trying to smuggle in baby formula in 2012.

He returned to Syria in 2020 after the Syrian regime announced a general amnesty, but he was arrested upon arrival at the Damascus airport.

There has been no news of him since then before Monday when his body was identified among others at the Harasta Military Hospital morgue near the capital Damascus.