"I talked about what happened to me and I watched his reaction, he was surprised and did not believe what he heard. As such, I started to get confused that people might not believe what happened to me. This formed a barrier and an obstacle to talking about the very cruel means of violence. Therefore, I sometimes had to talk about some simple topics so that others would not refute me."
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"They ask us for evidence. It’s hard to produce ‘evidence’. What is it they want to know? It is hard for us to show ‘proof’ of sexual violence. Being judged and asked for proof, that shuts me up."
"If I don’t feel good about the interpreter, I won’t share my story."
Layla Shamo Khider,Yazidi survivor from Sinjar, Iraq