• 11/26/2024

Riad al-Turk, the ‘Mandela of Syria,’ Dies in Exile at 93

New York Times

Imprisoned four times, he spent almost 20 years in Syria’s prisons, nearly 18 in solitary confinement, for speaking out against the Assad regimes. He died in France.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/08/world/middleeast/riad-al-turk-the-mandela-of-syria-dies-in-exile-at-93.html