(ABC-Australia) Hamza Elbaf’s journey from Sydney to a northern Syrian prison has left him totally disconnected from the outside world.
“Who’s the prime minister?” he asks.
“I want to know what’s happening in Australia. What’s happening with this coronavirus?”
For five years, Hamza has been confined to a single crowded room with about 30 other inmates — suspected jihadists detained in the aftermath of the so-called Daesh “caliphate.”
They have no access to the outdoors, there are no organised activities, and no television.
They sleep on mattresses on the floor and infectious diseases are rampant.
(Date based on Australia time)
