Chloe Hadjimatheou

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3,299 appearances 16 recordings 2 series first heard Feb 2025 last heard 27 Aug

Chloe Hadjimatheou’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Careless | Tortoise Investigates · Asma’s orphanages | We call her Emma Ep5 · 4 Aug 2026 podcast

But Bessan felt she didn't have a choice. voice-verified

At least she wasn't completely alone. voice-verified

A couple of friends, women who were also married to rebel fighters, were going to travel with her. voice-verified

Until they get to the city of Homs, about halfway to Damascus. voice-verified

There, they run into a government patrol. voice-verified

One of the women she's travelling with pops up on the officer's database as suspicious. voice-verified

And next thing Bissan knows, all of them are being taken off the bus and into custody. voice-verified

Bissan's main concern is for 18-month-old Omar and for her unborn child. voice-verified

But terrifying as it is, she's sure this is just a mistake. voice-verified

She's young, she's pregnant. voice-verified

Surely they'll let her go. voice-verified

But instead, she's taken to Meze branch in Damascus, one of the most notorious detention centres in the country, and she's put in a cell. voice-verified

The poster of the president is so familiar. voice-verified

She's seen his image in every classroom, shop and every living room she's ever been in. voice-verified

But in that dungeon, it looks surreal. voice-verified

In the morning, she tries to think positively. voice-verified

Surely they won't keep her in here with a young child, especially when she's almost ready to give birth. voice-verified

What she couldn't have known is that it will be almost seven years before she sees the outside world again. voice-verified

And most of that time, she'll be alone. voice-verified

All around the country, people were being rounded up and the country's detention centres and prisons were heaving. voice-verified

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