"The way they came at me undid the psychological sessions that I had done. The way they asked questions: ‘Why didn’t you escape? Why did you get caught?’ Like it was our fault."
Layla Shamo Khider,Yazidi survivor from Sinjar, Iraq
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Joel Toscano,Colombian expert victim
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"Speaking up as a man brings consequences, like stigmatisation. One of the greatest issues is a silent enemy that we all carry with us as men. How will they see me if I speak up? It’s difficult for us to acknowledge that we experienced such a painful event."
"I was ready to share with security services, but one guy who looked at me like I was an enemy (like Stalin gulag), he asked me if I did it voluntarily so I decided I would never tell him. I lost my desire to tell."
Natalka from Eastern Ukraine