Belhaj, who later became a leading figure in the rebel forces that toppled Gaddafi, says he was tortured first by the CIA and then flown to Libya where he suffered severe abuse for several years, being hung from walls and immersed in ice baths.
Fifty-seven percent had been sexually abused, among whom 39%% reported severe abuse.
Mr. Merida was also fleeing severe abuse at home.
There is widespread evidence of severe abuse in police custody.
Jess was a nervous and kind girl who had suffered severe abuse as a child.
143,000 others are confined to more than 60 internment camps where they've faced severe abuse for decades.
Similarly, we have volunteers who have personal experience of alcohol addiction, severe abuse, acute mental and emotional distress, and prostitution.
"We have a severe abuse problem in our state, and we have no way to track it," Mr. Douglass said.
The inquiry looked at severe abuse in 10 cases, nine of which resulted in the death of the victim.
The ZL1 weighs so much because it's built to survive the severe abuse that will inevitably be heaped upon it.
She applied for asylum on the basis that she endured severe abuse in Nigeria due to her disability.
