Love in a time of torture

A young man's account of sadistic torture in a Syrian secret prison, and how a girl's note helped him through his pain.

Hugh Macleod and Annasofie Flamand
Al-Jazeera


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"Arrested during a protest in the first days of the Syrian uprising, a young man endured acts of sadism and torture at the hands of Bashar al-Assad's secret police.

As his body was beaten, whipped, electrocuted and worse; the prisoner could think only of the girl he loves, clenching a note from her in his hand as the torturers did their worst.

Told largely in his own words, this is his remarkable personal story of endurance and hope in a place filled with darkness and despair.....