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The Translator, “a love letter to the peaceful Syrian protesters”
In March 2011, peaceful protests were held in Syria after fifteen boys had been detained and tortured for their support of the Arab Spring movement. Uprisings happening in Tunisia and Egypt being able to overthrow dictatorial governments had inspired Syrian protesters and encouraged them to demand a better future. However, Bachar al-Assad’s violent repression led the country into a civil war which is still destroying Syria ten years later. According to the United Nations Human Rights office, at least 350,209 people have been killed in the result of the war. According to the Syrian observatory for Human Rights, they were…