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rose lokissim

rose lokissim -lrb- born 1955 -- may 15 , 1986 -rrb- was one of the first elite soldiers from chad .
she fought against hissène habré 's dictatorship in the 1980s .
she was arrested by the secret police force known as the documentation and security directorate -lrb- dds -rrb- while smuggling documents to give to rebel forces who opposed habre .
she was brought to the notorious prison known as `` les locaux '' .
in 1984 she was taken to cell `` c '' .
this windowless and putrid room was called the `` cell of death '' because each day prisoners died there .
she was initially put in a men 's cell .
then they put her with women for a short time , but then worried about her escaping , returned her to the men 's cell .
she remained there for 8 months .
when she returned to the women 's cell , she reportedly was extremely dirty , smelled , was covered with lice , and had matted hair .
during her time at `` les locaux '' , she helped smuggle letters of other prisoners out to their families .
she was tortured and ultimately executed .
documents recovered from abandoned dds offices provided information about her last interrogation held on may 15 , 1986 .
her captors said that lokissim stated that `` even if she dies in prison , she does n't regret it , because chad will thank her and history will talk about her '' .
she was executed that day .
she was 33 years old at the time .
lokissim is the subject of the 2015 documentary film titled `` talking about rose '' , directed by isabel coixet .
