Syrian Torture Prison Freed
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Syria: Stories from people freed from Saydnaya torture prison
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Four men speak to the BBC about the elation of their release from Saydnaya prison.
They were held in the prison's main Red Building for opponents of the Syrian regime.
The BBC has seen bodies found by rebel fighters in the mortuary of a military hospital.
Amnesty International has called for justice and reparations for crimes under international law.
All of the people we spoke to described being beaten with different implements - metal staffs, cables, electric sticks.
Prisoners said they believed people in their cells had been executed.
Imad Jamal , 43 , grimaced in pain at each touch from his mother who was tending to him at his bedside in a hospital in central Damascus .
Two of the men we spoke to who were released on Sunday say they had contracted tuberculosis in Sayndaya .
All described losing significant amounts of weight in the prison because of malnourishment.
The men said the behaviour of guards was as much about inflicting humiliation as pain.
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