Syria's longest political prisoner: Raghid Al-Tatari
Raghid Al-Tatari was a former Syrian Air Force pilot who refused Hafez al-Assad’s order to bomb the Syrian city of Hama in 1981. He was tried by Syrian military courts and sentenced to life imprisonment without charge. He spent 43 years in Assad’s horrific prisons. He tried to survive in unimaginable conditions in Mezzeh, Tadmor, Sednaya and Adra prisons. His family also experienced hardships during this period.
His son Waill Al-Tatari, who was born the year his father was imprisoned, was able to see his father only a few times. Raghid Al-Tatari’s captivity was closely monitored by international human rights centers, but he did not gain his freedom for 43 years. Raghid Al-Tatari, who was freed with the overthrow of Assad in 2024, went down in history as a symbol of his oppressive policies in Syria. His story brought to light the brutality of the death prisons in Syria in all its reality. Especially the press machine, execution ropes and underground cells found in Sednaya Prison have had a great impact on the world public opinion.
In this episode of the Who Are We Talking About series, we talked about Raghid Al-Tatari, Syria's longest-serving political prisoner.
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