Released activist Zaidoun Zoabi, left, with his brother Soheib, who is still in a Syrian prison.Zaidoun said he was crammed into a small room, 21 square meters (221 square feet) with 91 men. He compares it to being stuck in an elevator with a large group of people and little oxygen.Israeli hospital treats wounded from SyriaThe 39-year-old human rights activist was detained in December. He credits media coverage of his case by CNN"s Anderson Cooper and others, in addition to pressure from the U.N. special envoy for Syria Lakhdar al-Ibrahimi on authorities, for his release."This is not a detention center, this is just a factory for madness and death... The main thing is you do not know when you are going to leave. You stay in a place, there is no real charge against you. They keep you for indefinite time. You just sit there and wait for the mercy of God so that you are out," Zaidoun said.
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