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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Winning the trust of patients can be painfully slow because of the burdens of their past. "Absolutely everything they had taken for granted and counted on was removed," explains Richard Reoch of Amnesty International's London office. "It's a moral inversion where every human being you encounter has as his purpose to be cruel, to inflict pain, to lie or make you feel worthless." Victims suffer not only from severe injuries but also from survivor guilt, depression and a form of weary aimlessness born of disorientation, sleeplessness and recurrent nightmares. Fear of authorities is so deep that almost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Salvaging Victims of Torture | 2/18/1985 | See Source »

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