“This long imprisonment isn’t just agony for me; it’s agony for my family and everyone I love. My wife’s life has been completely turned upside down. And then there are the handcuffs. It’s even worse than being locked up because it’s physically invasive. If I have health problems it’s quite difficult for me to be brought to the hospital in handcuffs, to be led around with my hands cuffed. So I pray I don’t get any serious illness. Waiting 16 months in prison while the charges were prepared was unbearable. I didn’t know exactly what I was being accused of.” Osman Kavala Continue
