Report: Systemic and Widespread Torture in Syria

(Amnesty International) Those arrested in the wake of the Syrian uprising have been thrust into a nightmarish world of systemic torture, a new report by Amnesty International said Wednesday. "I Wanted to Die": Syria's Torture Survivors Speak Out documents 31 methods of torture by security forces, army and pro-government armed shabiha gangs, described by witnesses or victims to Amnesty International researchers in Jordan in February 2012.


2012-03-14 00:00:00

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