‘Surviving Syria's Prisons' review: BBC uncovers Assad's atrocities in finest, most harrowing documentary of the year
In the opening moments of the superb documentary Surviving Syria's Prisons (BBC Two, Tuesday, June 10 and BBC iPlayer), Shadi Haroun is looking around his old prison cell. Or one of them.
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‘Surviving Syria's Prisons' review: BBC uncovers Assad's atrocities in finest, most harrowing documentary of the year
In the opening moments of the superb documentary Surviving Syria's Prisons (BBC Two, Tuesday, June 10 and BBC iPlayer), Shadi Haroun is looking around his old prison cell. Or one of them.
