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Assad Urged Syrian Refugees to Come Home; Many Are Being Welcomed with Arrest and Interrogation
(Washington Post) Louisa Loveluck - Hundreds of Syrian refugees have been arrested after returning home, then interrogated, forced to inform on close family members, and in some cases tortured, say returnees and human rights monitors. Many more who weathered the conflict in rebel-held territory now retaken by government forces are meeting a similar fate. A recent survey of Syrians who returned to government-held areas found that 75% had been harassed at checkpoints, in government registry offices or in the street, conscripted into the military despite promises they would be exempted, or arrested.