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March 14, 2012       Share:    

Source: http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/syria-new-report-finds-systemic-and-widespread-torture-and-ill-treatment-detention-2012-03-13

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.

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