Lucy Neighbor laughs with Deborah Drennan, Freedom House's executive director, Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, in Detroit. With the help of several people, Neighbor escaped a jail where she was beaten and raped, secured a passport and U.S. tourist visa, and eventually found her way to Freedom House's front door in January 2008 from Cameroon. Neighbor, whose husband was fatally beaten during a government protest in their homeland, wasn't sure exactly what it was but felt at home the moment a worker from Africa opened the door.(AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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