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HRW On Syria: 'Many Of Them Still Bore The Signs Of Torture'

Authors: Radio Free EuropeThe global campaign group Human Rights Watch has accused the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad of committing a crime against humanity through what it calls a state-sanctioned policy of torture. In a new report, the group documents torture methods including electrocution, the pulling of fingernails, and prolonged beatings. Irina Lagunina of RFE/RL's Russian Service spoke to Nadim Houry, Human Rights Watch's deputy director of its Middle East and North Africa division, about the ...2C42A45D-99FA-425D-9DEE-01FFF1B07FE1_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg

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