‘Hung By Wrists, Lost 40kg’: How Syria’s Ghazi Was Nabbed By Assad’s Mukhabarat, Thrown In 1.2m Cell

Since rebels ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, numerous ex-prisoners are shedding light on the human rights abuses in his ‘human slaughterhouses,’ Assad, who is now in Russia, was known for ruling Syria with an iron fist and often throwing dissidents in prisons.For five and a half months Ghazi Mohammed al-Mohammed languished in one of President Bashar al-Assad’s jails. A shadow of his former self, Mohammed lost 40 kilograms as he faced the threat of imminent execution. The Syrian military intelligence officers who detained Mohammed told him to forget his name and who he was. “They told me to confess that my brother had joined the rebels,” he said. n18oc_world n18oc_crux0:00 INTRODUCTION2:26 ‘ARRESTED FOR NO REASON’3:31 “HUNG BY WRISTS”6:52 SYRIA’S NOTORIOUS TORTURE PRISONS