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Speaking Out Under Saddam Hussein

A woman imprisoned by Saddam Hussein without trial for five years speaks out

Since the end of Saddam Hussein's rule, many dreadful stories of people punished for speaking out under his regime have come to light. Mishun Abdel Ghani was a senior manager of the Central Bank who expressed concern about the erratic behaviour of Saddam's son-in-law, for which she spent five years in prison, without trial. She tells the programme what happened.

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