We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria

by Wendy Pearlman

Unleashed without political accountability or oversight from an independent judiciary, however, privatization and trade liberalization allowed corruption to reach unprecedented heights.

Don’t even imagine that it was easy to go out to a demonstration. No amount of courage allows you to stand and watch someone who has a gun and is about to kill you.

Imprisoning people became an extortion trade. Those whose parents were able to pay got out. Those who couldn’t stayed in prison and were done for.