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Rami Jarrah

Rami Jarrah

Rami Jarrah is a Syrian political activist who was often cited by international media outlets under the pseudonym Alexander Page"[1] during the Syrian civil war. The barring of most international journalists from Syria by the government made such information particularly valuable. He was "outed" by the Syrian intelligence some time in September/October 2011 and fled to Egypt with his wife and daughter where he posts comments to Facebook and Twitter and continues to use the name Alexander Page.

Between 2004 and 2007 he was interrogated by numerous intelligence branches regarding his relationship with his parents, both of whom were long-time opposers to the Ba'ath party. He was arrested on 25 March 2011 during the Syrian civil war whilst filming a protest in the Umayyad Mosque. Jarrah was tortured for three days in a Syrian security branch and then released upon signing a document admitting he was a terrorist.

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