'My own ordeal is painful, but seeing my family undergo the same brutality is a different, more agonizing form of suffering.'
, along with my son and nephew, without any evidence—but instead with confessions extracted from us under torture.
My own ordeal is painful, but seeing my family undergo the same brutality is a different, more agonizing form of suffering.I vividly remember the day I was taken: I was driving to work and was pulled out of my car by masked, armed men, who threatened to kill me and rape members of my family. During my detention, I was harshly beaten and told I would be raped if I didn’t confess. The injuries I sustained on my head have left their mark; a painful reminder of my powerlessness at the time.
When we protested for the discrimination against us for our status as political prisoners, we were confined to our cells for up to 23 hours a day and constantly humiliated by prison authorities. They confiscate our religious texts, isolate us from other inmates, monitor our phone calls and
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