Syria & Iran Video: Freed Journalist Parvaz "The Beatings in Syria Were Savage"

Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 22:32
Scott Lucas in Al Jazeera English, Dorothy Parvaz, EA Iran, EA Middle East and Turkey, Middle East and Iran, Syria

Al Jazeera English journalist Dorothy Parvaz describes her detentions and interrogations in Syria and Iran over the last three weeks. 

Parvaz offers contrasting stories of the two countries. She was treated "fairly and in accordance with the law in Iran" but her experience of the Syrian prison before that was one of hearing savage beatings "around the clock".

Article originally appeared on EA WorldView (http://www.enduringamerica.com/).