Syria prison death: Abbas Khan inquest opened
Abbas Khan's family say he was murdered by the Syrian authorities An inquest into the death of a British doctor who died in a Syrian prison has been opened and adjourned.
Syrian authorities believe Abbas Khan hanged himself in his prison cell, Walthamstow Coroners Court heard.
Mr Khan died days before he was due to be released, and his family believe he was murdered by the Syrian regime.
A Syrian coroner who examined him found no signs of violence. No cause of death has been released following a post mortem conducted in the UK.
Mr Khan, from Streatham, south London, was arrested in Syria 48 hours after arriving in the country to work in a field hospital in a rebel-controlled area in November last year.
He entered without a visa, but he later told his family his work treating civilians had been "classed as an act of terrorism" by authorities.
The UK Foreign Office has said Mr Khan, who died earlier this month, was "in effect murdered".
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