Torture makes people silent. It destroys them both physically and psychologically. Torture entangles people in a web of silence which is as difficult to get out of as the prison, in which they obtained these wounds to their body and soul. If information about their torture gets out in spite of the silence, nobody wants to hear about it. Accounts of torture are so evil, so devilish in their details that they are rejected as absurd, exaggerated, even unbelievable. Nobody listens. Nobody wants to know about this terrible fact. It is better to pretend it does not exist.The United Nations International Day in support of victims of torture is 26 June, a day which was given in memory of and support to the many torture victims in the world. The support from the UN will help break through the silence, the insecurity, the indifference and will make a stand to make torture visible, a stand for openness, for acceptance among the boards of various foundations, for the understanding of the necessity for moral rehabilitation of torture victims.
The day of 26 June and the will to celebrate this day in the years to come will be an invaluable help, not just for the understanding of the problems of torture victims and the ways in which these can be alleviated, but also for the strengthening of human rights and democracy.
TORTURE: Quarterly Journal on rehabilitation of torture victims and prevention of torture
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