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Exiled Syrian who brought proof of Assad’s cruelty to light warns still much to do to find justice (Video)

Ussama Uthman, now 59, was building a vast record of brutality in Syria's detention facilities the first solid proof that the government of former President Bashar Assad was engaging in systematic torture and extrajudicial killings. Now, safely in exile in France and with Assad having fallen in a surprise rebel offensive last year, Uthman is sharing how he, his wife and her brother teamed up to smuggle evidence of the horrific crimes out from under Syrias infamous surveillance apparatus as war tore the country apart.

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(AP video by Mark Carlson; Production by Sam McNeil)

 

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Exiled Syrian who brought proof of Assad's cruelty to light warns still much to do to find justice (Video)

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