Filmmaker Sean McCallister sees Syrian activists tortured
Journalist and filmmaker Sean McCallister has given an account to Channel 4 News in which he describes witnessing the torture of Syrian activists.
McCallister was working undercover for a Channel 4 News report when he was arrested in a Damascus café and driven to a prison along with activist contact Jihad. While in the prison he saw activists whipped with cables, describing the torture implements as “so heavy, it was so awful, it must have broken bones.”
McCallister says he has not heard from Jihad since he was in prison and he is concerned that he and many of the people he spent time with while filming have become targets for the authorities because of the opinions they’ve expressed.
Hear more about McCallister’s experiences in Syria on the Channel 4 News website.
Source: Channel 4 News
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