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Freed Aljazeera Journalist Tells Of Her Captivity In Syria

May 19, 2011 · Mustapha Hamoui

Dorothy Parvaz:

The beatings I heard almost around the clock are savage […] These young men, they sounded very young, being beaten so harshly and their voices were so hoarse, I don’t know what kind of answers they were expecting from them. All I heard them saying was “wallahi” (I swear)..

Note to dictators: It’s always a bad idea to capture journalists..