Following the ouster of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, a Palestinian family who had lost contact with a relative since 1982 has discovered that he might have been imprisoned in Syrian jails all along. But after 40 years behind bars, they fear he might not be "in his right mind" and have trouble contacting them.
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00:00We're going to take her to the hospital.
00:06Let's go to the hospital.
00:21We're going to take her to the hospital.
00:27I got it from Lebanon. I got it from Kuwait, and I brought it here to Dhaba.
00:32My brother was arrested.
00:34He was arrested in 1982-1983.
00:37He lost his mark.
00:39We searched for him in Lebanon and Syria.
00:43We paid money to the lawyer in Syria, but there was no result.
00:50We were surprised to find his name on the list of prisoners.
01:20He was arrested in 1983-1984.
01:25He was arrested in 1994-1985.
01:30He was arrested in 1995-2006.
01:34The whole country was worried that he was dead.
01:39The day he was arrested, the prison guards came out and took him away.
01:44Dhaba, Syria
02:09We were in Dhaba.
02:12We were sent by the press.
02:15We went to the international cross and reported it.
02:18We put our phone numbers so that they could contact us.