I am going to tell you a story that a powerful state doesn't want you to know about tens of thousands who have disappeared.

Once they get into the hands of the military, they will be tortured brutally.

It's a story so dangerous to tell that for some it's meant ending up on a kill list.

She was seen as a dangerous political actor and tried to Pakistan security, but she was a local hero.

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It's breathtaking when you enter the key.

It's a beautiful ambience, a dance trance.

Rashat Ross first walked through the gates of Nighard Key in 2009.

I was greeted by a lady in his front office.

She told me that he wanted a massage.

In her mid-twenties, Rashat was already an experienced massage therapist when she interviewed for a new job.

At Nighard Key, massaging Peter Nighard.

So they sat up at the table.

I went up and I went in. I did my session.

And after I was done, he told me that he wanted his third leg massaged.

And me being smart, knowing exactly what he meant, I said the last time I checked humans when he had two.

He said, so you don't massage your legs, so I said no I don't.

And he said, okay, I understand completely.

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