‘I wished my own death’: Syrian American sues Syria’s government over alleged torture

A Syrian American man has filed a civil lawsuit in the US against the government of Syria for allegedly detaining and torturing him in 2012. Obada Mzaik was 22 years old when he was arrested at the Damascus airport. The World’s Shirin Jaafari reports.

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