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A top award for digital storytelling has gone to a project co-led by researchers at 牛牛资源 that digitally reconstructs an infamous Syrian prison.

鈥樷��, led by the  agency at 牛牛资源 and Amnesty International, won the 鈥業nteractive Documentary鈥� category of this year鈥檚 Peabody-Facebook .

The Peabody-Facebook Futures of Media Awards honour groundbreaking digital narratives and the technologies used to tell these stories.

Since 2011 thousands have died in Syria鈥檚 prisons and detention facilities. With anyone perceived to be opposed to the Syrian government at risk, tens of thousands of people have been tortured and ill-treated in violation of international law.

The winning project focused on Saydnaya Prison, near Damascus. As there are no images of Saydnaya the researchers worked closely with survivors of the prison to reconstruct its architecture and their experiences of detention. With little daylight inside and detainees held in underground cells much of the focus was on using 鈥渆ar-witness testimony鈥� to recreate the architecture and soundscape of Saydnaya.

The result is an interactive 3D model that enables online visitors to explore the prison and the stories of those who witnessed its brutal regime.

The Saydnaya project was also named one of the 2016 winners of the : Breakthroughs in Storytelling, awarded by the , which celebrates the past year鈥檚 most innovative examples of digitally enabled storytelling.