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How I brought my jailer to justice

Years after being imprisoned in Syria, journalist Amer Matar came face-to-face with his former captor.

At the start of the Syrian uprising, the journalist and human rights activist Amer Matar was arrested. He was held at a notorious unit of Syria's intelligence directorate and interrogated by an officer called Anwar Raslan. Amer survived his time in prison and, years later, a series of extraordinary coincidences would bring the two men together again. This time their meeting took place in a German court, with Raslan in the dock and Amer fighting for justice. He tells his story to Emily Webb.

Mike Pelley is a scuba diver from California who also goes by the nickname Merman Mike. That鈥檚 because of the work he does searching for precious objects that have been lost underwater. He speaks to Saskia Edwards in a report that first aired in 2020.

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Photo: Amer Matar Credit: Amer Matar

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