‘Jailer Hitler’ and 72 different torture techniques: what it really was like in Syrian prisons

He called himself Hitler and forced prisoners to imitate dogs, cats and donkeys. The jailer who – purely for fun – organized a sadistic reign of terror perhaps symbolizes all the horror that took place in Syrian dungeons. There is certainly no shortage of choice: according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, there were 72 different ways to torture someone.

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