French hostage freed in Mali says detention was 'spiritual retreat'

October 9, 2020 By La rédaction de Mediapart

'If you accept what is happening, it will not go too badly. If you resist, you will hurt yourself,' Sophie Pétronin said after nearly four years in captivity.

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A 75-year-old French aid worker says she was treated relatively well during her four years as a hostage and compared her detention to a "spiritual retreat", reports Sky News.

French hostage freed in Mali says detention was 'spiritual retreat'

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