Wisam Sarah: died in Syrian regime jail

This young man, Wisam Sarah, (son of Syrian opposition writer, Fayiz Sarah who writes for Prince Salman's mouthpiece, Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat) died in Syrian regime jail.  The regime denied that he died from torture and said that he died from old age.

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