A report from Amnesty International citing testimony from a handful of rebels and other opposition figures, and claiming a large number of hangings carried out by the Syrian government at a single prison has been quickly accepted by media outlets, and in many cases far overstated, despite a lack of really concrete proof it ever happened. The
Amnesty International Claim On Syria Hangings Lacks Evidence
The media was quick to oversell the story, which was based on the limited testimony of Syrian rebels.