These are talented, educated, productive people who were purposefully disabled. They were doctors, lawyers, legislators, and business people in their homeland. They desperately want to contribute again, to their families, and to their communities. Their torturers have made them believe this is impossible. They are not receiving to cope with their fears.
Torture is a crime against humanity.
As a strategic tool of repression, it is the single most effective weapon against democracy. Its purpose is to control populations by destroying individual leaders and frightening entire communities. Torture is rarely used to extract information from someone. KHRW's proposed grassroots torture survivor services addresses a critical service gap. However KHRW lacks the adequate resources to develop a full program of needed torture victim's services.