{"id":62049,"date":"2023-06-26T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dignity.dk\/?p=62049"},"modified":"2023-10-09T13:35:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T11:35:03","slug":"survivor-a-small-drawing-on-a-blackboard-pulled-me-back-to-the-prison-in-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dignity.dk\/en\/news\/survivor-a-small-drawing-on-a-blackboard-pulled-me-back-to-the-prison-in-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"Survivor: A small drawing on a blackboard pulled me back to the prison in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"62049\" class=\"elementor elementor-62049\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c178410 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c178410\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd89194\" data-id=\"cd89194\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3540b67 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3540b67\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>\u00bbMy hope is that more torture survivors will seek treatment\u00ab, says torture survivor from Syria on the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on June 26th.<\/h4><p>Today, he shares his story with us, which emerged from a meeting between him and two of our therapists at DIGNITYs clinic in Copenhagen.<\/p><p>In the treatment room, he noticed a blackboard with a small ladder drawn on it.<br \/>He turned his face away. 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