Watch as dozens crowd the streets of Damascus to mourn the death of activist Mazen al-Hamada

Dozens of Syrians have taken to the streets of Damascus mourning prominent activist Mazen al-Hamada, whose body was found in a prison in the city after rebel forces swept through.

Hamada was a well-known face of the Syrian protests during 2011’s Arab Spring. He fled to the Netherlands, where he testified on the torture he had been subjected to under Assad’s regime for nearly two years for his involvement in the demonstrations.

He was arrested in February 2020 at the Damascus airport upon his return to Syria and had not been seen since.

In the video, obtained by Reuters, people chant: “Syria is national unity” and “we are the Syrian revolutionaries.”