A detainee’s death revives Syria’s memories of torture and abuse in prisons

• Syrians have taken to social media and the streets in recent days to demand answers about the death of Mohammad Ghamira, who was buried Monday in his hometown of al-Haffah in coastal Latakia province.
• When insurgents unseated former President Bashar Assad in December 2024 after a nearly 14-year civil war, they opened the country's notori