Aerial view of Syria's Saydnaya prison, located in Saydnaya village, 30 kilometers north of the capital, Damascus.
AFP reports:
Related Posts:A US college student detained for 15 days by Syrian security forces said he was denied all outside communication and "had no idea if anyone knew where I was."
Pathik "Tik" Root, a 21-year-old US citizen, told CNN in an interview Monday that he spent nearly half the time confined to a small cell packed with 22 other detainees. He was released Friday.
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He described his cellmates as being of Syrian and Iraqi descent, and said many of them "were beaten so brutally. One person's foot was beaten until their toenail fell off."
"There were brutal interactions between the guards and the prisoners including electrocution and who knows what else," he added.
Syria, like many countries in the Middle East, has been roiled by political unrest in recent weeks.
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Activists estimate more than 130 people have been killed in clashes with security forces, mainly in Daraa and Latakia. ...
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"They told me I had broken Syrian law," he said. "I didn't really have the guts to ask them which law I broke and I don't think it mattered which is law I broke.
"And that was literally all the information I had," he continued. "I didn't know if my dad knew or the US government knew. I had no idea if anyone knew where I was."
The US State Department confirmed on March 29 that three Americans had been arrested in Damascus in the preceding days. It said one of the three had been released, and that US embassy staff were denied access to the other two.
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