The inquest into the death of a doctor who died in a Syrian prison has started.
Abbas Khan, a father of two from London, died in December last year while being held in custody by Syrian government officials.
The surgeon, who had previously worked at The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, was arrested only days after crossing the Turkish border to Syria in November 2012 while on a sabbatical from work in the UK.
He had travelled to the war-torn country from Turkey to help victims of hospital bombings.
Dr Khan's family claim he was murdered while being held. The Syrian government has always maintained he killed himself and was found hanging in a jail cell.
His mother Fatima Khan said she was taken by armed men to a high security prison in Damascus on December 16, 2013 - five months after she travelled to the country to rescue her son.
The inquest is being carried out at the Royal Courts of Justice in central London, where a jury of seven men and four women will decide the cause of death of the 32-year-old.
The hearing continues and is expected to last three weeks.
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