Duraid Lahham: If I criticized more, people would have taken my bones out of Sednaya

Syrian art stars are still expressing their opinions on the overthrow of the Assad regime, including the artist Duraid Lahham, who spoke about his personal experience with the security services and shed light on the dangers faced by those with an opinion opposing the Syrian regime and the policies of oppression and restrictions that the country witnessed during the Assad family’s era.

Dureid Lahham summoned to a security center In an interview with Al Arabiya, Lahham revealed that he was summoned for the first time by one of the regime’s intelligence branches after criticizing a town official. He said that crossing the lines of criticism set by the Syrian regime could cost a person his life, saying: “If I continued to criticize Bashar al-Assad and his rule, people would have taken my bones out of Sednaya.”

Lahham continued that Syria, during the Assad family’s reign, has become a country with “one opinion,” as the opposition has completely disappeared and there is no room left for criticism, pointing out that Sednaya prison was the fate of anyone who held a dissenting opinion.

Position with Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham Duraid Lahham also talked about an incident that happened to him with Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, where he met them in the street and when they stopped him, he was a little scared, but they asked for a picture with him and told him, “We love you even though you are not always with us.”