Such are the eternal scars of Tigray’s war; some make furrows in the skin and many others immense holes in the soul.
Azmera has two scars, those on her skin and those on her soul.
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Azmera has two scars, those on her skin and those on her soul.
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After being held for three days at the Eritrean soldiers’ base outside the town of Adwa, after being raped by four soldiers and forced to bury her captive companion, Maeza was transferred to an Ethiopian government base.
She was held there for seven days.
She was held there for seven days.
According to her testimony, she was beaten so badly all over her body, but above all on her neck, that she developed a tumour which had to be removed in hospital when she managed to free herself from that hell.
Before the beasts in camouflage uniforms granted her freedom, after making 50,000 birr (approximately €800), they set fire to the end of a Kalashnikov and inserted it into her vagina to burn her uterus.
At first glance Azmera’s neck seems to have healed, but inside it is still bleeding, so much so that sometimes she gets infections.
It is not only her neck that bleeds, her soul does too. Since those fateful ten days of captivity, her life will never be the same again.
It is not only her neck that bleeds, her soul does too. Since those fateful ten days of captivity, her life will never be the same again.
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