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65k+ people have been disappeared in Syria, and it's common to not know why, one article about that which also mentions Bassel's wife https://www.theguardian.co
by mlinksva 9y ago
65k+ people have been disappeared in Syria, and it's common to not know why, one article about that which also mentions Bassel's wife https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2017/jul/04/families-syria-disappeared-demand-answers-un https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals...
In part, it's a racket https://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/syria-government-using-thousands-disappeared-people-cash-cow-new-report https://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/syria-government-u...
- pcthrowaway 9y agoFor perspective, that's roughly 1/3 of 1% of Syria's population. I can't imagine what life would be like in the western world if 1 out of every 300 people I knew went missing.