[QUOTE]Amnesty International says government forces are responsible for "a shocking catalogue of abuses" in secret jails.
Syrian activist Jad Bantha came back to Damascus after a long period of living abroad. He wanted to participate in the revolution and started attending protests. One day, after doing so in early 2011, he was taken from his home, in front of his parents, by security forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. He told them not to worry.
"The first week I was just being held, but when I refused to give them information about my friends they started torturing me, humiliating me,'' the 32-year-old Syrian, who doesn't want his real name published told Al Jazeera.
"They hanged me from my hands at the ceiling for eight days. My feet were swollen and I couldn't feel them anymore. I was afraid they needed to be amputated.''
In those two months of detention, Jad said he was tortured in several ways. Sometimes, when he asked for water, intelligence officers took him "water boarding". According to him, this method of torture includes electricity and water, and it was the most painful method of them all.
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More in: [URL]http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/12/syrians-describe-brutal-prison-torture-20131225112419339627.html[/URL]
almost surprised they didn't just execute him anyways even if he didn't leak information.
It seems no matter what time you live in there is always at least one fucked up area in the world where humanity shows the worst of it's dark underbelly.
This information isn't coming from a biased source at all.
[QUOTE=kurva;43332921]This information isn't coming from a biased source at all.[/QUOTE]
I thought Al Jazeera was a trusted source?
You're talking to Kurva here
If it ain´t turkish, i don´t trust it.
- kurwa 28.12.2013
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;43333374]I thought Al Jazeera was a trusted source?[/QUOTE]
Al Jazeera is most of the time perfectly fine but when it comes to Syrian stuff keep an eye on them cause of their obvious conflict of interest.
It does sound a bit biased, but then again most media does have some bias nowadays.
[QUOTE=Aman;43333683]Al Jazeera is most of the time perfectly fine but when it comes to Syrian stuff keep an eye on them cause of their obvious conflict of interest.[/QUOTE]
iirc some of the coverage on egypt has also been a bit biased in favor of the muslim brotherhood.
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