Brenda Factor

I have just won the first legal case in my journey to reclaim my life. Over the past three years I have paid a heavy price, away from the media spotlight—one that cost me my freedom, my safety, my voice, my career, my financial rights, and everything I built over 12 years—simply because I stood up at the UN and said, "Stop the genocide against our people in Gaza and Lebanon"—at a time when no one else dared to utter a single word. To give you a small example: I have been living away from my family for nearly a year, moving between three different residences and using three different vehicles, while adhering to numerous additional security measures recommended by the authorities. Although my voice has been censored here—simply because they do not want you to know what they have done to me through your own governments—if you were to learn what they are capable of doing to me, you would realize that they could do the very same thing to you as well. Your awakening would cost them their hegemony. Amidst all of this, I want to celebrate this victory—even if only with one of you. And I promise that the time will come to reveal everything and expose everyone.