“I was certain I was going to die soon,” ITV News meets a survivor of Syria’s jails | ITV News

ITV News meets Kevin Dawes who was thrown into a jail in Syria.

He was tortured, beaten and starved for three years.

Mr Dawes said: "I was hooded and blindfolded and taken to branch 248 the military branch, one of the darkest holes on the face of the earth.

"I was certain i was going to die soon, I didn’t fear it at that point."
But a friendship he formed in prison with Dr Abbas Khan kept him going
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