Syrian Youssef Mahmoud Hafez was born in 1956 in Damascus, Syria. He secretly joined the Muslim Brotherhood in 1972 at the age of 16. He was arrested by the Syrian intelligence service in 1973 and released 36 days later. Youssef Mahmoud Hafez was re-arrested in 1979, during his third-year as a university student of the College of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry at the Damascus University, on charges of belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood organisation. He was sentenced to death, but the sentence was commuted to life imprisonment which began in the Citadel prison. However, when in 1980 the Ci
Syrian Youssef Mahmoud Hafez was born in 1956 in Damascus, Syria. He secretly joined the Muslim Brotherhood in 1972 at the age of 16. He was arrested by the Syrian intelligence service in 1973 and released 36 days later. Youssef Mahmoud Hafez was re-arrested in 1979, during his third-year as a university student of the College of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry at the Damascus University, on charges of belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood organisation. He was sentenced to death, but the sentence was commuted to life imprisonment which began in the Citadel prison. However, when in 1980 the Citadel prison was turned into a library all the prisoners were transferred. Yet, since then no information about Youssef Mahmoud Hafez has ever been received by his family
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