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I'm just documenting the truth. I won't stop what I'm doing, because this country can't go backwards.
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The speaker presents their work as a record of what is true, not something they intend to abandon. “This country can’t go backwards” adds a broader concern: stopping would feel like allowing the nation to lose progress or return to an earlier state. The quote expresses determination to continue documenting and resisting that reversal.
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- World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)
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