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listen to an interview with Syrian human rights activist Mohamed Mahmoud speaking on the ways that various international political / military forces in Syria are working together to silence grassroots progressive voices in the country.

specifically this interview highlights the recent wave of bombings by Russian military forces and the joint backing of the sustained power of the Assad regime by US / Russia at a press conference this past week.

this interview highlights two very specific issues :

the bombing of major medical manufactures in Syria by Russia :

http://www.democracynow.org/2015/11/18/headlines/report_russia_bombed_10_medical_facilities_in_syria

a human rights watch report that details a massive photo archive of Syrians killed in the custody of the Assad regime

https://www.hrw.org/report/2015/12/16/if-dead-could-speak/mass-deaths-and-torture-syrias-detention-facilities

accompanying photo by Nicole Tung (http://www.nicoletung.com)

this interview was recorded for broadcast by Stefan Christoff @spirodon on CKUT fm, being uploaded here for public archiving purposes on Free City Radio, info : http://freecityradio.org