Countries file torture complaint against Syria over 'unlawful killing' of thousands of civilians
Ahmad Helmi photographed in 2015 shortly after his release. His says his teeth and fingers were broken as a result of the torture he faced.
The governments of the Netherlands and Canada have filed a complaint against Syria in the International Court of Justice for breaches of the UN Convention against Torture.has failed to respect its obligations under international treaty law for widespread human rights violations, including acts of torture, prohibited by the Convention - a treaty Syria is party to.
Since the beginning of anti-government protests in March 2011 more than half a million Syrian civilians have been killed, over a million severely injured, and 12million people displaced from their homes.He said:"I wasn't legally detained, I was forcibly disappeared. I was tortured for around three years because of my non-violent activism. They didn't torture us for information, they were trying to break our souls.
"I hope the court can impose preventive measures to stop the ongoing torture. We know what that verdict will be because I was tortured in the government death camps, and I have witnessed hundreds of others being tortured, too. I saw many of them die in there while their families didn't have a shred of information about them."
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