Syrian defector known as ‘Caesar’ reveals identity

The World

A Syrian military defector whose photographs made clear the extent to which torture and killing were taking place inside the prisons of the former Assad regime has revealed his identity. The man widely known as “Caesar” is Farid Nada al-Madhan. Host Carol Hills gets the inside story from Mouaz Mustafa, director of the Syrian Emergency Taskforce, who worked closely with Caesar to share his documentation with the world.

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