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Y-Saidnaya: Making the plight of Syria's political detainees visible on stage

Safa S
Published date: 4 February 2023 11:20 GMT | Last update: 1 year 9 months ago
Survivors of Syrian prisons take the stage in France to speak about their struggle in Y-Saidnaya, a play telling stories of resilience and pain of former political detainees, some of them held in the notorious Saidnaya prison.

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