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He is in his forties. He was born in Muslim family at South Hosnabad, Gournadi district of Barisal, Bangladesh. When he was younger he had many ambitions. He went to university. He joined opposition party called Jatiyo at young age. Quickly he became a district leader and it looked like that his political carrier will cherish. But things took a different turn. In December 1990 BNP started mass oppression of opposition and Jatiyo party was targeted first. He was arrested on April 15th 1992, brought to the police department and detained there for 50 days. Tortured with buttons, kicked and punched. Burned by electricity and hot water. I can only imagine how it feels when your hands are tightly held behind your back, your face covered with piece of clothing and than hot water poured over. At first he would choke and suffocate than at some point loose consciousness from lack of oxygen. That was going on day after day for many weeks. He lost sense of time, his family at home did not know if he was alive or dead. Finally he was released, yet it only gotten worse. BNP supportes were hunting him to make a killing. Turned out he was safer in the prison. He ran away across the country, hiding at different friends. Meantime his mother died and he could not even make it to her funeral back home. After several years of hiding he got caught again, more torture, more suffering, more nightmares and learned helplessness. He never gave up, yet things were getting worse and worse. Finally with help of his friends he was able to get passport and purchase one way ticket to USA.
Now he is driving cab in NYC, often tired, often having low back pain. Loud noises would bring memories back, nightmares are still haunting him. He is very angry when he speaks about BNP. He looks older than his age, marks that are consistent with the way he was tortured. His health is declining; signs of chronic conditions, impending diabetes and high blood pressure.
IHow different my refugee status was gained, my life was never in danger in Russia. So what I'm Jewish, one can call me "жид" all day, it does not come close to being tortued and run away for ones life. I’m glad that I can offer him some help. I hope that my medical testimony will support his case to gain him refugee status to be able to obtain medical insurance, some basic rights and financial support.

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