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Nazia, Afghanistan: "My husband cut off my ears and nose and broke my teeth"
		Doctors at a hospital in Qalat, capital of Zabul Province in southern Afghanistan, are treating a brutally tortured woman whose husband cut off both her ears and nose, broke her teeth and shaved her head only three months after their marriage. The victim, 16-year-old Nazia, is also suffering from psychiatric distress due to her experience, according to a doctor in Qalat hospital. full testimony
Fadumo Abdullahi: "Staying in Mogadishu was worse than dying"
		In mid-November, Fadumo Abdullahi, 30, fled fighting in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, and is now living in a cramped, makeshift camp for the displaced on the outskirts of Bosasso, the commercial capital of the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, northeastern Somalia. full testimony
Mohammad Hasan, Bangladesh: "Now I am alone"
		I will never forget the cyclone. It roared like a beast. We heard the cyclone warning three hours before it hit, but there were 300 people on the island at the time and not enough boats to take us ashore. full testimony
Abdul Bari, Afghanistan: “I go to school risking my life and my parents’ lives”
		After the Taliban burnt a school in our village and told villagers to send their children to Madrasas in Pakistan for their education, my father sent us to Lashkargah to continue our studies. full testimony
Mohammed Hassan Ali, Somalia-Yemen: “What can I do with this kind of life?”
		On the night of 10 October, as our boat was approaching the Yemeni coast, smugglers threw me into the sea along with 110 other passengers. I could hear some female passengers crying as the smugglers were beating us with sticks to leave their boat. full testimony
Faisal Awan, Pakistan: “We have been forgotten”
		I will never forget the earthquake. Within seconds, we lost everything – something hard to imagine unless you actually go through it. full testimony

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