Syrians missing, dying of torture in jihadist-run prisons in northwest

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Ahmed al-Hakim's 27-year-old brother was tortured to death in prison in Syria's jihadist-run northwest, sparking rare protests amid accusations from residents and activists of rights violations in the opposition bastion. "We protested and rose up against the Assad regime in order to be rid of injustice," said Hakim, 30, referring to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Now "we find ourselves ruled with the same methods", he told AFP, crouched near his brother Abdel-Kader's grave, flowers and plants placed in the freshly turned soil.