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Ex-prisoners back in Syrian intelligence's notorious 'Palestine Branch' / 36Q87VH
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Former detainees return to 'Palestine Branch' in Damascus, a prison operated by Syria's feared intelligence services, notorious for accounts of torture, coercive interrogation, and deplorable conditions. Many people who ended up there never saw the light of day again. "I was among the most frequently interrogated individuals because, in their eyes, my charge was a serious one: being a journalist," recalls Mohammed Darwish talking next to an underground windowless room with blackened dripping walls where the 34-year-old was held with around 100 others. Arrested in 2018, he was detained for 120 days. When Damascus was taken last Sunday by an Islamist coalition led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which was formerly linked to Al-Qaeda, those who worked at Assad's Palestine Branch simply melted away. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES