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Human rights

  • The boy in the basement

    War does not only flatten buildings. It dismantles the invisible architecture of childhood — the assumption that the ground is solid, the belief that adults have things under control. When fear becomes normal, children stop imagining that anything better exists.

    The boy in the basement

  • Torture’s target – annihiliation of the soul

    Torture aims to annihilate both body and soul. It destroys self-worth, connection to others, and recognition of a shared humanity. Its rituals of humiliation are designed to isolate, disorient, and leave people cowering in fear of unending pain.

    Torture’s target – annihiliation of the soul

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