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Imprisoned and Tortured in Syria—and Then Rejected by Washington

‘Completely Abandoned’

Assad’s victims are being denied U.S. visas to come testify about their experiences—and one who did make it to D.C. for an award left in disgust at what she saw as U.S. indifference.

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“Do you love your husband?” the interrogator asked.

During her first interrogation session, Bayan*, a Syrian activist, had resisted physical abuse and refused to answer questions.

So the Assad regime’s jailers tried a different tactic.

For her second interrogation, they dragged her husband into the room—naked, wet, blindfolded.

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