London lab recreates horrors of war with 3D technology

Sitting in front of screens showing Syria's Saidnaya military prison, recreated in harrowing 3D detail, architectural researcher Stefan Laxness (L) and Principal Investigator Eyal Weizman (R) pose for a photograph in their office at Goldsmiths, University in London on August 26, 2016. Human rights campaigners Amnesty International are the latest organisation to call on Forensic Architecture's (FA) expertise. Its interdisciplinary laboratory specialises in producing analysis and evidence to be used in human rights cases brought to international courts, with architecture a key tool in helping to accurately recreate events occurring in chaotic surroundings. / AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY MYRIAM BENEZZAR

LONDON: Starvation, torture and rape: the grim daily realities of prisoners inside Syria’s Saidnaya military prison have been recreated in harrowing 3D detail by a London-based agency, established to highlight claims of rights abuses. 

Human rights campaigners Amnesty International are the latest organisation to call on Forensic Architecture’s (FA) expertise, creating the first navigable model of the jail as part of a drive to raise awareness about political prisoners in Syria.