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Over 5,000 Syrians died under torture by Assad forces: report

Syrian Network for Human Rights says 5,281 people have been tortured to death by forces loyal to Syria since the start of 2011 uprising
A Syrian man shows his injured back in the city of Rastan, north of the central resitive city of Homs on April 27, 2012 claiming that he was tortured by regime forces (AFP)
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