Profiting From Human Rights Atrocities in Syrian Prisons

<p><a href= "https://twitter.com/omarAlshogre?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor"> <strong>Omar Alshogre</strong></a>, refugee, political activist with the Syrian Emergency Task Force, and first year Georgetown University student, shares the wrenching story of his three years as a political prisoner in the worst of Syria’s prisons. He discusses the role that extortion plays there, simultaneously delegitimizing the regime further and propping it up financially.</p> <p> </p> <p>Episode resources: </p> <ul> <li>Mentioned at <strong>(00:33)</strong>: <strong><a href= "https://www.syriantaskforce.org/">The Syrian Emergency Task Force</a></strong></li> <li>Mentioned at <strong>(00:45)</strong>: <strong><a href= "https://www.c-span.org/video/?470237-1/senate-foreign-relations-committee-syrian-civil-war"> Omar's testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee</a></strong>, 11 March 2020</li> </ul>