activist

Omar Alshogre

عمر الشقرة

Journeys

From Saydnaya's Cells to the US Congress: Omar Alshogre's Witness

Three arrests, three years in Saydnaya, 27 family members lost — then a journey from Syria to Sweden to the halls of Washington to make Assad's crimes undeniable.

Biography

Omar Alshogre is a Syrian refugee, public speaker, and human rights activist. He is currently the director for detainee affairs at the Syrian Emergency Task Force. He is known for his efforts to raise awareness of human rights abuses in Syria and his personal experience of torture and starvation by the Assad regime during his three years of detention.

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Key Facts

Born:1994

Place:Baniyas, Tartus, Syria

Nationality:Syrian