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Mr. Mahmoud, you're one of the revolution's detainee for whom people have taken out to streets today.
Do you fee any changes in this regards either because of the amnesty or because of something else?
Nothing changed at all. Jails are sill full of detainees tortured daily
They suffer the most brutal torture such as electricity shocks, beating as you are ctightly, and pausing for days in a certain position without rest.
Or stading up for 3 days with a blindfold on your eyes and cuffs on your hands to admit committing a terroristic crime.
It's a personal experience you've gone throgh. What was the worst thing in it?
And for how long you had been arrested?
I was arrested for 6 months and 5 days nearly.
and the worst thing I have gone through was hearing the cries of other people being tortured.
Hearing a cry of a human under torture is a lot more difficult than being tortured yourself.
I heard people calling Allah's name, and the interrogator does not stop the beating until the detainee says: For Bashar's sake leave me
The condition is very bad, and the killing is unblievable or acceptable.
Have you felt that they are tying to put you down? I mean you have just been released, and you're talking to us like that from Homs.
Have the torture succeeded in changing people's attitude towards the revolution?
Not at all! the crackdown, the beating and the tortue increased our persistance on supporting the reovlution.
I've been tortured and I suffer great psychological and physical pain because of it.
But I will never give up, and we will keep on sacrificing our souls until the revolution wins.
Our blood is not more precious than the blood of those people who were killed by the security, and the gangster and the deluded Syrian Army
During your detention, which was for more than 6 months, have you been in one prision only or you were moved to other prisons?
And how many detainees were with you approximately?
Yes, Ma'am, I was arrested on 4.7.2011 by the Military Security Department in Homs
I was moved to the Political Security Department in Homs, the Air Intelligance Department, and the Quatrable Investigation Committee in Homs
I have also been to the Crimes Department in Homs, and then in Damascus in the Department of the Military Intelligance or what's called 291 Department
In all these prisons, the prisons are over-loaded with prisioners
In Damascus for example, I was in one 1*2 m room with other 5 people.
We were 5, and we used to take turns sleeping. 3 People sleep while the 2 others stay awake.
After the interrogation is over, they take us to the so-called dormitory
You think that things would be better, but I was surprised to see that in the space of about 40 m room, more than 55 people sleep.
They are tortured; they are beaten. There are cases which were shot and have no medication or ventilation to recover.
No doctor is allowed to enter, and the food is too bad.
We sepnd 2 months without proper food and drink and without good ventilation.
Thanks God I was not shot, but there are cases...
There were cases who were shot in detention?
No, they were arresed after they were shot.
In the Central Prison of Homs we were more than 1200 prisoners, more than 100 of those had shots.
and the director of the prison didn't allow the doctor to see the political prisoners or what they call the dorm of riots.
Just to get the complete picture: During your detention, how were your connection with the family? Is it true that your families didn't know about your places?
Perfectly ture. I spent 2 months and my parents didn't know anything about me.
They didn't know where I was, in which department. I knew nothing at all until I got to the Central Prison of Homs, were you can contact your family.
I told my parents to where I have been to. and I knew that I was in the Central Prison of Homs.
After 2 months of detention.
Mahmoud Urabi, the political prisoner, you were with us from Homs.