Syria - Systematic use of torture by security services

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders firmly condemns the Syrian regime's appalling repressive methods, which continue unchanged while the world's media turns its attention from Syria to the battle for Tripoli. The famous cartoonist Ali Ferzat's torture while abducted for several hours today in Damascus and the woman journalist Hanadi Zahlout's torture while in detention are typical of the way the regime treats those who challenge its propaganda and express views different from its own. Ferzat was (...)

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