Hey everyone, a quick word before we begin.

Today's episode is about the fight to bring a dictator to justice for his crimes against

humanity.

There are no graphic scenes in this episode, but in order for our narrator to share her

story fully, she refers to acts of sexual violence.

1982 was the year that Jacqueline Modain has life changed forever.

She was 22, came from a prominent family of intellectuals in the country of Chad, and

was married to a well-respected political journalist.

In 1982, I was studying at the University of Jamena, the capital.

I wanted to become an interpreter.

Isen Abre was a rebel leader who seized power in Chad in June of 1982.

He formed a dreaded secret police known as the DDS, which persecuted political opponents

and intellectuals.

Like many Chadians, Jacqueline and her husband were forced to flee to another country in Africa.

They sought refugee status in the nearby Republic of Congo.

I left behind my home, the people I put and everything I had.

I did not know when I would be able to come back.

Around me, there were many refugees from Chad.

There were only children, orphans.

They would cry.

I too, I lost my parents when I was little.

For me, understanding the awful things was unsupportable.

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