Human rights organizations offered legal assistance, but along with fame came problems.

A week after the publication, Anna began receiving threatening messages, anonymous letters in the mail, messages on social media.

They wrote that she would regret her words, that she had signed a death warrant for herself and her family, that she would soon be silenced forever.

Anna reported everything to the police.

The Romanian police opened a case and assigned security to her family’s home, but she understood that if those people really wanted to get to her, the police would not be able to stop them.

The trial began in November, but they immediately ran into problems.

The UAE refused to recognize the jurisdiction of the International Court in this case.

They claimed that it was an internal matter for the country.

The Middle East Medical Foundation did not officially exist as a legal entity, which meant that it was impossible to file a lawsuit against it.

The clinic was not registered, so it was impossible to prove that it even existed.

The case got bogged down in procedural details.

Lawyers tried to exert pressure through international organizations, diplomatic channels, and public pressure.

But the process moved painfully slowly.

Anna was losing hope.

More than two years had passed since the crime, and the perpetrators were still at large, unpunished.

 

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