Tens of thousands freed from prisons by rebels in Syria

Thousands of people were imprisoned during the Assad family’s decades in power.Today, tens of thousands of them have been freed by the rebels.

Sky’s data and forensics correspondent Tom Cheshire has been looking at the legacy of President Assad’s jails – and the prisoners now freed.

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/syria-latest-assad-russia-trump-israel-migrants-13265154

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