A former Syrian prisoner has told Sky News of the horrors of imprisonment under the Assad regime.
According to foreign media, Mahmoud Salmon described how he had been peacefully protesting in 2012 at the age of 17 against the Assad regime when he was arrested.
"All I remember was that I was trying to climb a wall when I was running and more than three people started holding me from behind and hitting me on the head with sticks," he said.
"I remember putting my hand on my head, seeing the blood and thinking that these are the last minutes I will witness in this world," he said.
Salmon was then taken to an apartment building and placed in a small room with about 59 other people.
"The pain and agony I had there was unbelievable," he said, writes A2 CNN.
"All these 59 people were brought in so that we could be tortured one by one with whips and mental torture, while just standing in line for my rights was unimaginable, it's much worse than physical pain ".
Describing the scenes unfolding from Syria in recent days, Salmon added: "Words cannot express the amount of happiness I have had."
"Happiness to finally get rid of this dictator and bring justice to our country", he said.
"The happiness of returning to my hometown and family. And of course there is the sadness of losing hundreds of people in the process," he concluded.
Salmon managed to get out of prison and leave Syria, but did not describe how he was able to get out, writes A2 CNN. (A2 Televizion)
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