Bashar Assad’s prisoner #3006 tells his story

Sarmada, Syria –

The Syrian military intelligence officers who detained Ghazi Mohammed al-Mohammed told him to forget his name and who he was.

They took away his papers, he said, and told him, “Now you’re number 3006.”

For 5½ months, Mohammed languished in one of President Bashar Assad’s jails, losing 40 kilograms, all the while under the threat of imminent execution.