{"product_id":"9780755650200","title":"Syrian Gulag: Inside Assad's Prison System","description":"Author: Baker, Jaber; Ungor, Ugur Umit\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780755650200\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 30 Nov 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 416 Format: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the 2024 British-Kuwait Friendship Society Prize\u003cbr\u003eAn estimated 300,000 people have been detained or have died in prison since the Syrian uprising broke out. Syrians can be arrested for liking a post on Facebook or for the political activities of a distant relative. They are imprisoned without trial, and tortured and starved, often to death.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis book is the first to expose the worst prisons in the Middle East, if not the world. In previous years it had been too dangerous to undertake research on this subject, but the enormous numbers of Syrians taking refuge in neighbouring countries and Europe has allowed unprecedented access to their stories. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBased on interviews with both the victims \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e perpetrators, survivors' memoirs and notes, as well as leaked regime archives, leaked photos, and leaked intelligence files, the book is a testament of the internment and imprisonment system in Syria under the rule of the Assads, father and son (1970-2020). \u003cbr\u003eA harrowing account of the machinery of the Assad dynasty, \u003ci\u003eSyrian Gulag \u003c\/i\u003eis also an urgent expose on Syria today.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46636875874462,"sku":"UBD-9780755650200","price":54.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780755650200.jpg?v=1774398403","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780755650200","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}