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Mazen al-Hamada became a symbol of Syria's suffering
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The Damascus Dossier’s release revives scrutiny of the killing of Mazen al-Hamada, who spent years exposing the Assad regime's torture of detainees

The New Arab Staff
05 December, 2025
Families of those detained by forces of the ousted Baath regime gather at the March 18th Square to learn the fate of their relatives, of whom they have not heard for years in Daraa, Syria on March 16, 2025. (Photo by Bakr Al Kasem/Anadolu via Getty)
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Travelers walk with their luggage to the departures hall of the Al-Masnaa eastern Lebanese border crossing with Syria on December 10, 2024. (Photo by Hassan JARRAH / AFP) (Photo by HASSAN JARRAH/AFP via Getty Images)
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A Syrian anti government fighter carries a shoulder-held surface-to-air missile launcher in the captured central-west city of Hama on December 6, 2024. (Photo by MUHAMMAD HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images)
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