"Sometimes I felt humiliated because prosecutors just focused on doing their job to convict and did not take into account my needs, I just felt like a number to them so I lost hope that more perpetrators would be sentenced in the future in the courts. I’m not protected, just a number to them. They just did their job without taking into account our needs and wishes. Survivors were stigmatised at the [local] courts."
"Survivors don’t need people to pity them, we need people to understand and show compassion. By showing compassion, you join our cause."
"I saw documenters doing their job, but not offer support and compassion though. They were detached and not interested, working behind a computer screen. I felt like they thought, ‘it has nothing to do with me, I’m not affected, I live in [the] peaceful part of country.’"