Dozens 'tortured and killed in Syria detention centres' - BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14726294

It says those who died, including 10 children, were subjected to beatings, burns, electric shocks and other abuse.
The group says it believes all of those who died were arrested after taking part in anti-government protests.

Maybe we're now getting to the stage of hyperbole about the Syrian government, but the fact that this doesn't sound ridiculous should be an indicator of the depravity of the regime there. It's worth noting that they have exceeded the Iranians at this point in subduing their own people, which is saying a lot, and there is literally no going back. Spasmodic violence, like the repression of the Prague Spring for instance, is one thing. A sustained war on your own people is a hard thing to recover from, especially while the world is watching.