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Sound of Torture Film
- Eritrean-Swedish Journalist Exposes, Aids, Eritrean
Asylum Seekers Held
Hostage, Tortured, Trafficked in Egypt's Sinai Desert
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This powerful film
investigates the most underreported humanitarian crisis in the world according
to the United Nations, and the one woman who is making it her mission to create
change. SOUND OF TORTURE intimately follows
Swedish-Eritrean journalist Meron Estefanos, who broadcasts a weekly online
radio program on the situation of the Eritrean hostages held in Sinai torture
camps and her efforts to aid victims and their families.
Since
2006 when Europe closed its borders, human trafficking has burgeoned in Egypt's
Sinai Desert, where Eritrean asylum seekers and refugees heading north to
Israel are kidnapped, held hostage, and tortured by Bedouin smugglers demanding
exorbitant ransoms for their freedom. SOUND OF TORTURE eloquently illuminates
the harrowing situation of the Sinai torture camps, and highlights the brave work
by activists on the ground to address this crisis.
WMM is thrilled to announce SOUND OF TORTURE recently won the Best Short Documentary Award at the
Israeli Oscars! Congratulations to director Keren Shayo and
film subject Meron Estefanos on this incredible honor.
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