How do you go on when your human rights have been violated by the country known internationally as a beacon of democracy and civility? If anyone knows how please tell me, because I am struggling everyday.
First, you walk around in a state of shock, a state of disbelief. You don't eat or sleep well, you constantly look over your shoulder. You struggle daily with anger and emotional exhaustion. People listen to your experience sympathetically, including family. They express their condolences. But how can they understand?
On August 3, 2004 I was kidnapped, forcibly hospitalized, forcibly sedated and psychologically tortured under the direction of the FBI in Atlanta, Georgia.
I want to recount what happened to me in the hope that if anyone else has had a similar experience, they will come forward. Also, I am seeking support from any human right's attorneys, investigative journalists or activists who may be able to advise me as to how to pursue justice. I know you may read the following account and decide that compared to the human rights violations, suffering and genocide of people all over the world, my experience was minor. I wasn't beaten or physically tortured. I wasn't deported and my family wasn't murdered. I have read accounts of human rights atrocities that occur around the world, and I admit, I have read them with horror, yet remained inactive in the human rights struggle. I realize that in some ways, this is complicity. However, I must come forward.
You can read a true account of my experience at:
http://www.indybay.org/...
America, wake up! If this could happen to me, it could happen to anybody. Race, class, color doesn't matter anymore; the intelligence agencies of the Bush administration are violating human rights at will on a daily basis in the name of "terrorism prevention" and we are all at risk!
Deborah