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When your experience is excluded from official truth

The commission report came out but it doesn't mention what happened in our village and I feel like our suffering doesn't count.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Selective documentation of atrocities can create hierarchies of suffering that invalidate certain victims' experiences.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Truth and reconciliation commissions?”

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