In Their Own Words: the stories behind the UN Day in Support of Victims of Torture

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For the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on 26 June, REDRESS is sharing videos with the stories behind some of the torture survivors that they assist in their own words. In “Tortured and Exiled”, former Bahrain MP Jawad Fairooz describes his painful feelings of homesickness after being tortured and forced into exile to the UK.

Watch his video and that of other torture survivors here.