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Survivors of Politically Motivated Torture: A Large, Growing, and Invisible Population of Crime Victims
Survivors of Politically Motivated Torture: A Large, Growing, and Invisible Population of Crime Victims
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Politically motivated torture is practiced or condoned in more than 100 nations.
Tens of thousands of people fall victim to the ravages of torture every year.
An estimated 400,000 torture survivors live in the United States today. Studies
have estimated that up to 30 percent of all refugees are torture survivors. If a
community has a refugee population, then it is likely torture survivors live there and are suffering from the debilitating aftereffects of torture described in this Report.
Torture survivors represent an “invisible” population in communities across
the United States. Torture is a painful, shaming, and humiliating experience;
it is extraordinarily difficult for survivors to talk about what happened to them.
Treatment centers in the United States and abroad report that torturers frequently tell their victims “no one will ever believe this happened to you — you’ll always be alone with this.” Consequently, survivors fear that they will not be believed. In addition, many survivors have family members who live in danger of detention and torture in their countries of origin, and survivors fear for the safety of their families if they disclose the abuses. Treatment centers have reported numerous instances in which loved ones have been detained and tortured when it has become known that the survivor has fled the country. The fact that torture is such a shaming experience, usually involving rape or other forms of sexual assault or humiliation perpetrated against both women and men, also keeps survivors suffering in silence.
Tens of thousands of people fall victim to the ravages of torture every year.
An estimated 400,000 torture survivors live in the United States today. Studies
have estimated that up to 30 percent of all refugees are torture survivors. If a
community has a refugee population, then it is likely torture survivors live there and are suffering from the debilitating aftereffects of torture described in this Report.
Torture survivors represent an “invisible” population in communities across
the United States. Torture is a painful, shaming, and humiliating experience;
it is extraordinarily difficult for survivors to talk about what happened to them.
Treatment centers in the United States and abroad report that torturers frequently tell their victims “no one will ever believe this happened to you — you’ll always be alone with this.” Consequently, survivors fear that they will not be believed. In addition, many survivors have family members who live in danger of detention and torture in their countries of origin, and survivors fear for the safety of their families if they disclose the abuses. Treatment centers have reported numerous instances in which loved ones have been detained and tortured when it has become known that the survivor has fled the country. The fact that torture is such a shaming experience, usually involving rape or other forms of sexual assault or humiliation perpetrated against both women and men, also keeps survivors suffering in silence.
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