Dehumanised by police officers

“I felt horrible. I felt traumatised. And worse of all I felt like a criminal. I could not believe that this was happening to me. I did nothing wrong,” she said as she fought back the tears.

Just about an hour prior she was sitting in the decrepit Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of one of the major police stations in the city.

As she spoke it was as if she was fighting to find the right words to describe how she felt and the pain was evident in her voice and eyes.