"Years ago, I heard Krista Tippett interview Mercedes Doretti--a forensic anthropologist who works with the remains of Disappeared people in order to tell their story to their surviving family members--who shared that the UN classifies Disappearance as a form of torture. To not know the whereabouts of a family member--whether they're alive or dead, whether they're adopted or buried--is to be a victim of the crime. This is true for people in any country...

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