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Omar Alshogre | |
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 Omar Alshogre testifying to the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington D.C. on March 11, 2020 | |
| Born | Omar Alshogre May 14, 1995 al-Bayda, Syria |
| Alma mater | Georgetown University (2021-2024) |
| Occupation(s) | Director for Detainee Affairs at the Syrian Emergency Task Force, public speaker, human rights activist |
| Years active | 2016–present |
Omar Alshogre (Arabic: عمر الشغري) is a Syrian refugee, a public speaker and a 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 Syrian government during his three years of detention.[1]
Alshogre, born in al-Bayda in 1995, is now a Swedish resident. He is among the few people to have survived Syria's prisons and had the position to share his experience.[2][3]
- ^ Rogin, Josh. "The vow of 'never again' is dying in Assad's prisons". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
- ^ Aidi, Hisham (May 30, 2019). "How One Man Survived Syria's Gulag". The Nation. ISSN 0027-8378. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
- ^ Ennaimi, Mouhssine (April 29, 2018). "Syria's Slaughterhouses | Off The Grid Documentary". Off The Grid. Retrieved April 29, 2018.