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Former detainee recounts abuses at Syria’s Saydnaya prison under Assad regime

DAMASCUS: A man who spent six years in detention in Syria has recounted the torture, abuse and harsh conditions he suffered while being held inside Saydnaya prison and other security branches under the country’s former regime. Mohammad Shukri Sheikhani was speaking at the Arab Cultural Center in Damascus as part of the “Memory of the Damascus Revolution” lecture series, which seeks to document the experiences of Syrians imprisoned under Bashar Assad’s regime and preserve them for future generati