Inside Syria's 'slaughterhouse' prison

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🗓️ 11 December 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Syria's notorious Sednaya prison was known as a "human slaughterhouse," where tens of thousands of people were detained, tortured and killed during the country's 13-year civil war. Jaber Baker was a prisoner at Sednaya. He discusses what it was like inside the prison. Then, Ash Lazarus Orr is a transgender activist from West Virginia. They talk about the road ahead for trans communities in West Virginia. And, renowned hula teacher Vicky Holt Takamine recently won the prestigious Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, valued at more than $450,000. Holt Takamine joins us to talk about the rich history of the Hawaiian tradition.

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0:36.3	Torture and torture, on torture, and torture, all the time,
0:39.7	everywhere from any guy. Prisons. That's where thousands of Syrians went missing during the
0:45.0	Civil War. Many were brutally tortured, abused, and likely killed. It's December 11th,
0:52.2	and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WBUR Boston. I'm
0:57.1	Kalyani Saxena. Today on the show, a transgender activist weighs in from West Virginia
1:09.8	about the fight ahead.
1:11.6	This ongoing rhetoric and these attacks that we are seeing on our community,
1:14.7	especially from President-elect Trump,
1:17.2	these are attacks that are aimed to divide us.
1:19.8	You know, they are very selfish tactic,
1:21.7	and it does such a disservice to people throughout this country.
1:25.7	And?
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