Syria regime accused of brutal torture methods

Report reveals harrowing details of killing and mistreatment of prisoners

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The Syrian regime inflicts at least 72 types of torture on prisoners in its detention centres, a report has claimed.

The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) estimates that the methods have resulted in the deaths of 185 people this year, and more than 14,000 over the course of the country’s civil war.

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