Idlib (Syria) (AFP) – “He was also hung by his hands for several days without food or water until he confessed to what they wanted,” says Ahmed al-Hakim, whose 27-year-old brother was tortured to death in a jail in Syria’s jihadist-held northwest, sparking rare protests as the United Nations warned of possible “war crimes” in the opposition bastion.
Syrians missing, dying of torture in jihadist-run prisons
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