Médecins Sans Frontières - Khalil: Searching for recovery | Webclip

Unique Identifier Code / URN MSF199475

Date taken / Date Recorded 23/06/2017 12:00 AM

Country Greece

Commissioning section MSF-BELGIUM

Photographer / videographer / producer Matthew Cassel

Copyright MSF

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Editor's rating ★★★ (F)

Video format h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661)

Duration 2m45s

Maximum Size 1920px × 1080px 276.48 MB

Additional Information / Shotlist KHALIL Transcript

00:08 Text
KHALIL

00:15
I didn’t have issues with the
regime, opposition or any group.

00:22
I focused on my work and
took care of my parents, that’s it.

00:28 Text
ATHENS, GREECE

00:33
[The Syrian army] took me when I was traveling
from Lebanon to Damascus.

00:38
And they jailed me for one year and eight months.

00:43
The torture… is impossible to describe.

00:45
As much as I try, you’ll never be able
to understand exactly.

00:54
They attach the electric cables to your
feet and your hands.

01:01
and then they electrocute you.

01:05
You can’t remain conscious for even a minute.

01:07
Then they put water on you
and electrocute you again

01:12
When they don’t electrocute you,
they beat you on your legs and body.

01:16
They also use a whip.

01:22
[From the torture] some of my veins,
like in my legs, are blocked.

01:28
I had to amputate two of my toes.

01:36
When I was released [the authorities]
told me I shared the name of someone else they wanted.

01:41
You didn’t commit any crime,
or make any problems.

01:44
I asked them, “one year and eight months
because you tought I was someone else?”

01:48
They told me, “that’s not your concern,”
and made me leave.

02:00
Some people get out of prison feeling destroyed
and wanting to kill themselves.

02:09
but that’s wrong.

02:12
I want to continue my life

02:14
and, God willing, forget what happened in the past.

02:20
Khalil now has refugee status
in Greece, and is continuing
his rehabilitation.

02:25 Text
Khalil is one of more than 430
people from over 40 countries
treated by the MSF project
Victims of Torture in Athens
since it opened in 2014.

02:26
In Greece and across Europe
today, people who have
experienced torture need protection and rehabilitation
so they can rebuild their lives.

02:31
Filmed, produced and edited by
Matthew Cassel

Médecins Sans Frontières
msf.org

Khalil: Searching for recovery | Webclip | English

Khalil: Searching for recovery | Webclip | English