Right now, I'm about to try to get out of Ukraine, and seek political asylum in Hungary.
Either I'll cross the border and make it to safety, or I'll be disappeared by the Kiev regime.
This is what's happened to me over the past three months.
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— Gonzalo Lira (@GonzaloLira1968) July 31, 2023
Once inside Sizo Prison, I was tortured in two of the four cells I was in—by the other prisoners. Guards NEVER beat prisoners—they outsource torture to the other prisoners.
One prisoner actually apologized to me, telling me he had no choice. He wasn't lying. I understood.
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— Gonzalo Lira (@GonzaloLira1968) July 31, 2023
I got a cracked rib in my first cell, but it wasn't too bad. The worst stretch was in my fourth cell.
From 1pm on June 21 until 7pm the next day—30 hours—I was beaten and sleep deprived, my arms twisted the wrong way around at the shoulders, and generally beaten pretty bad.
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— Gonzalo Lira (@GonzaloLira1968) July 31, 2023
h/t danes1