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This is just one story from the living nightmare that Syrians have been forced to endure since pro-democracy protests began in January leaving thousands of civilians dead, injured and arrested. According to Hazem al-Hallak, his brother Sakher was savagely tortured before he died in Syrian custody. The authorities claim he committed suicide, but al-Hallak says his brother’s eyes were gouged out, rope marks were on his hands, his genitals were mutilated and his body had electric shock marks.

Al-Hallak’s death is documented in a new report by Amnesty International about 88 people who have died while in Syrian detention.

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