Syria: Deported Palestinian journalist speaks out about torture in custody | Amnesty International

Journalist Salameh Kaileh suffered brutal torture while in custody in a Syrian prison and military hospital.

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After being deported to Jordan, Kaileh spoke to Amnesty International about his ordeal

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He sustained injuries from severe beatings overseen by Syrian security forces and doctors

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Unfortunately, the hospital was much worse than what I was subjected to in prison. It was not a hospital, but a slaughterhouse

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Salameh Kaileh, Palestinian-Jordanian journalist

Thu, 17/05/2012

A prominent journalist has told Amnesty International how Syrian government forces tortured and detained him in deplorable conditions before deporting him to Jordan on Monday. 

Salameh Kaileh, a 57-year-old Jordanian national of Palestinian descent, has lived and worked in the Syrian capital Damascus since 1981.

On 24 April, plain clothes officials from Syria’s Air Force Intelligence arrested him during a raid on his flat in Barzah, a Damascus suburb. Amnesty International considered him to be a prisoner of conscience, held solely for exercising his right to freedom of expression. 

Syria: Deported Palestinian journalist speaks out about torture in custody | Amnesty International