Emma du Chatinier
@emmaduchatinier.bsky.social
Freelance Journalist & Podcast Maker - Brussels Based @ Follow the Money EU | Brusselse Nieuwe | Euperspectives | VRT
Is the EU about to break up Google? In the latest episode of the @ftm.eu podcast, @alexfanta.bsky.social and @simonvandorpe.bsky.social explain the controversial business tactics that put Google in Brussels’ crosshairs: open.spotify.com/episode/5s9U...?
EU vs Google: The battle for the internet
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November 26, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Is the EU about to break up Google? In the latest episode of the @ftm.eu podcast, @alexfanta.bsky.social and @simonvandorpe.bsky.social explain the controversial business tactics that put Google in Brussels’ crosshairs: open.spotify.com/episode/5s9U...?
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Arrested in Italy. Wanted by the ICC for torture. Yet back in Libya as a free man within 48 hours. Our latest podcast with Lorenzo Bagnoli unpacks how migration politics may have overridden justice.
🎧 Listen now, free on our app for five days: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
🎧 Listen now, free on our app for five days: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
November 21, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Arrested in Italy. Wanted by the ICC for torture. Yet back in Libya as a free man within 48 hours. Our latest podcast with Lorenzo Bagnoli unpacks how migration politics may have overridden justice.
🎧 Listen now, free on our app for five days: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
🎧 Listen now, free on our app for five days: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
In January, Italy arrested an alleged Libyan war criminal wanted for torture and crimes against humanity. 48 hours later, Almasri was flown home as a free man. Italy’s migration politics may have trumped international justice. Listen to our latest @ftm.eu podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/1hVB...
November 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM
In January, Italy arrested an alleged Libyan war criminal wanted for torture and crimes against humanity. 48 hours later, Almasri was flown home as a free man. Italy’s migration politics may have trumped international justice. Listen to our latest @ftm.eu podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/1hVB...
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🇲🇦 ⚒️Morocco’s phosphate powers Europe’s food and EVs –but communities living beside the mines say they’re paying the price.
🎧 In our latest podcast, journalist Manon Stravens investigates a mining giant accused of poisoning land and putting workers at risk: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
🎧 In our latest podcast, journalist Manon Stravens investigates a mining giant accused of poisoning land and putting workers at risk: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
November 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM
🇲🇦 ⚒️Morocco’s phosphate powers Europe’s food and EVs –but communities living beside the mines say they’re paying the price.
🎧 In our latest podcast, journalist Manon Stravens investigates a mining giant accused of poisoning land and putting workers at risk: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
🎧 In our latest podcast, journalist Manon Stravens investigates a mining giant accused of poisoning land and putting workers at risk: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
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“The CEO used to be an elite spy.”
FTM journalist Sebastiaan Brommer reveals how European health and government data ended up with a U.S. firm tied to ex-Israeli intelligence – and the risks that poses.
🎧 Here's the latest episode: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
FTM journalist Sebastiaan Brommer reveals how European health and government data ended up with a U.S. firm tied to ex-Israeli intelligence – and the risks that poses.
🎧 Here's the latest episode: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
November 7, 2025 at 12:08 PM
“The CEO used to be an elite spy.”
FTM journalist Sebastiaan Brommer reveals how European health and government data ended up with a U.S. firm tied to ex-Israeli intelligence – and the risks that poses.
🎧 Here's the latest episode: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
FTM journalist Sebastiaan Brommer reveals how European health and government data ended up with a U.S. firm tied to ex-Israeli intelligence – and the risks that poses.
🎧 Here's the latest episode: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
A “secure” messaging firm used by hospitals and courts across Europe can actually access users’ messages — and is now owned by a U.S. company run by former Israeli spies.
In our newest episode of the @ftm.eu podcast, @sebasbrommersma.bsky.social explains it all:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
In our newest episode of the @ftm.eu podcast, @sebasbrommersma.bsky.social explains it all:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
Europeans' health data in ex-Israeli spies' hands
Podcast Episode · Follow the Money: The Podcast · 05/11/2025 · 28m
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November 5, 2025 at 6:53 AM
A “secure” messaging firm used by hospitals and courts across Europe can actually access users’ messages — and is now owned by a U.S. company run by former Israeli spies.
In our newest episode of the @ftm.eu podcast, @sebasbrommersma.bsky.social explains it all:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
In our newest episode of the @ftm.eu podcast, @sebasbrommersma.bsky.social explains it all:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
"Between Flags", our documentary on the division of Cyprus and Turkey's growing influence on the island, is now available on YouTube - with English subs www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1y7...
DOCU - Hoop op einde verdeeldheid Cyprus
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November 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
"Between Flags", our documentary on the division of Cyprus and Turkey's growing influence on the island, is now available on YouTube - with English subs www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1y7...
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Google, the world’s largest search engine operating three in four smartphones, has played Brussels like a fiddle – shaping laws, silencing rivals, and calling it "innovation". The chart shows how Big Tech bankrolls Brussels’ top think tanks.
Read our latest story here: www.ftm.eu/articles/goo...
Read our latest story here: www.ftm.eu/articles/goo...
November 3, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Google, the world’s largest search engine operating three in four smartphones, has played Brussels like a fiddle – shaping laws, silencing rivals, and calling it "innovation". The chart shows how Big Tech bankrolls Brussels’ top think tanks.
Read our latest story here: www.ftm.eu/articles/goo...
Read our latest story here: www.ftm.eu/articles/goo...
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How Google won friends and influenced people - while slowly gobbling up a quarter of all ad revenue on the internet.
Here's my look at two decades of Google’s ruthless tactics to secure its dominance.
www.ftm.eu/articles/goo...
Here's my look at two decades of Google’s ruthless tactics to secure its dominance.
www.ftm.eu/articles/goo...
How Google fooled Brussels: the tech giant’s playbook exposed
Regulators in the U.S. and the EU are closing on tech giant Google in an attempt to break up its dominance over the internet. An investigation by Follow the Money reveals how Google has persuaded lawm...
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November 3, 2025 at 6:07 AM
How Google won friends and influenced people - while slowly gobbling up a quarter of all ad revenue on the internet.
Here's my look at two decades of Google’s ruthless tactics to secure its dominance.
www.ftm.eu/articles/goo...
Here's my look at two decades of Google’s ruthless tactics to secure its dominance.
www.ftm.eu/articles/goo...
Cyprus: a divided island with a dark history of violence and occupation. How do Greek and Turkish Cypriots find connection in a country where politicians would rather see them separated? Our very first documentary is out now on VRT MAX and airs this Friday on VRT Canvas: www.vrt.be/vrtmax/a-z/n...
October 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Cyprus: a divided island with a dark history of violence and occupation. How do Greek and Turkish Cypriots find connection in a country where politicians would rather see them separated? Our very first documentary is out now on VRT MAX and airs this Friday on VRT Canvas: www.vrt.be/vrtmax/a-z/n...
Several suspects were arrested earlier this year in a NATO corruption scandal. Few months later, the US dropped charges against four of them —despite strong evidence.
@jesse-pinster.bsky.social & @simonvandorpe.bsky.social dig into it in ep.16 of the @ftm.eu podcast: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXl2...
@jesse-pinster.bsky.social & @simonvandorpe.bsky.social dig into it in ep.16 of the @ftm.eu podcast: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXl2...
Inside the NATO corruption scandal | Follow the Money, The Podcast #16
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October 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Several suspects were arrested earlier this year in a NATO corruption scandal. Few months later, the US dropped charges against four of them —despite strong evidence.
@jesse-pinster.bsky.social & @simonvandorpe.bsky.social dig into it in ep.16 of the @ftm.eu podcast: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXl2...
@jesse-pinster.bsky.social & @simonvandorpe.bsky.social dig into it in ep.16 of the @ftm.eu podcast: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXl2...
In ep.15 of the @ftm.eu podcast, @jesse-pinster.bsky.social tells us all about how Viktor Orbán handed over Hungary's defence industry to one of his business allies. Watch/listen on YouTube and all podcast platforms:
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October 22, 2025 at 12:18 PM
In ep.15 of the @ftm.eu podcast, @jesse-pinster.bsky.social tells us all about how Viktor Orbán handed over Hungary's defence industry to one of his business allies. Watch/listen on YouTube and all podcast platforms:
open.spotify.com/episode/7MAc...
open.spotify.com/episode/7MAc...
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🎙️New podcast: As Europe ramps up defence spending, Hungary’s Viktor Orbán has handed his country’s defence industry to a trusted ally. Journalist Jesse Pinster uncovers how EU funds and state assets are funnelled into Orbán’s inner circle – and why Brussels seems powerless to stop it.
Listen now 👇
Listen now 👇
Podcast | How Orbán funnels Hungary’s assets to his allies
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has handed over his country’s defence industry to one of his business allies – just as Europe is pouring billions into military spending. Journalist Jesse Pinster...
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October 22, 2025 at 6:44 AM
🎙️New podcast: As Europe ramps up defence spending, Hungary’s Viktor Orbán has handed his country’s defence industry to a trusted ally. Journalist Jesse Pinster uncovers how EU funds and state assets are funnelled into Orbán’s inner circle – and why Brussels seems powerless to stop it.
Listen now 👇
Listen now 👇
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🏆 We’re honoured to receive the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism 2025 for our cross-border investigation The Shadow Fleet Secrets.
Read the investigation here: www.ftm.eu/files/the-sh...
Read the investigation here: www.ftm.eu/files/the-sh...
October 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
🏆 We’re honoured to receive the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism 2025 for our cross-border investigation The Shadow Fleet Secrets.
Read the investigation here: www.ftm.eu/files/the-sh...
Read the investigation here: www.ftm.eu/files/the-sh...
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💥 Here’s what you need to know about #Natogate, the corruption scandal that broke today, in 10 skeets #bagsofcash #ammunition #NSPA (link to full stories below)
October 20, 2025 at 5:06 AM
💥 Here’s what you need to know about #Natogate, the corruption scandal that broke today, in 10 skeets #bagsofcash #ammunition #NSPA (link to full stories below)
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Three suspects (incl the CEO of a big Turkish arms company), involved in major bribery cases related to NATO, were about to be extradited from European jails to the U.S.
But then something happened…
Read our @ftm.eu investigation together with @lesoir.be @knack.be and La Lettre.
#NatoGate
But then something happened…
Read our @ftm.eu investigation together with @lesoir.be @knack.be and La Lettre.
#NatoGate
U.S. pulls plug on major NATO corruption probes – top suspects walk free
A NATO corruption scandal made international headlines when several suspects were arrested across Europe in May. Several months later, the U.S. dropped charges against four of them – including a Turki...
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October 20, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Three suspects (incl the CEO of a big Turkish arms company), involved in major bribery cases related to NATO, were about to be extradited from European jails to the U.S.
But then something happened…
Read our @ftm.eu investigation together with @lesoir.be @knack.be and La Lettre.
#NatoGate
But then something happened…
Read our @ftm.eu investigation together with @lesoir.be @knack.be and La Lettre.
#NatoGate
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💰 𝗔 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗴𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲. €𝟭𝟱𝟬𝗠 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗨 𝗮𝗶𝗱. 𝗕𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁.
Virunga was meant to protect nature – instead, EU money helped fund a crypto-fuelled project in Congo.
🎧 Listen to our latest episode on our website, app and on major streaming services here: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
Virunga was meant to protect nature – instead, EU money helped fund a crypto-fuelled project in Congo.
🎧 Listen to our latest episode on our website, app and on major streaming services here: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
October 17, 2025 at 8:55 AM
💰 𝗔 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗴𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲. €𝟭𝟱𝟬𝗠 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗨 𝗮𝗶𝗱. 𝗕𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁.
Virunga was meant to protect nature – instead, EU money helped fund a crypto-fuelled project in Congo.
🎧 Listen to our latest episode on our website, app and on major streaming services here: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
Virunga was meant to protect nature – instead, EU money helped fund a crypto-fuelled project in Congo.
🎧 Listen to our latest episode on our website, app and on major streaming services here: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
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🇪🇺💰 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐔 𝐚𝐢𝐝. 𝐀 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐠𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐀 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨.
What began as a conservation project to protect Virunga National Park became a story of conflict, broken promises – and Bitcoin mining in the rainforest.
🎙️ Journalist Olivier van Beemen investigates 👇
www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
What began as a conservation project to protect Virunga National Park became a story of conflict, broken promises – and Bitcoin mining in the rainforest.
🎙️ Journalist Olivier van Beemen investigates 👇
www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
Podcast | A Belgian prince’s parade in Congo
A Belgian prince is running a conservation project in the Democratic Republic of Congo, – financed by millions in European aid. Journalist Olivier van Beemen reveals how more than 150 million euros i...
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October 15, 2025 at 6:32 AM
🇪🇺💰 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐔 𝐚𝐢𝐝. 𝐀 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐠𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐀 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨.
What began as a conservation project to protect Virunga National Park became a story of conflict, broken promises – and Bitcoin mining in the rainforest.
🎙️ Journalist Olivier van Beemen investigates 👇
www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
What began as a conservation project to protect Virunga National Park became a story of conflict, broken promises – and Bitcoin mining in the rainforest.
🎙️ Journalist Olivier van Beemen investigates 👇
www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
In ep.#14 of the @ftm.eu podcast, journalist @oli4vb.bsky.social reveals how over €150M in EU funds fueled a Belgian prince's failed conservation dream in Congo’s Virunga Park: open.spotify.com/episode/5AkN...
A Belgian prince’s parade in Congo
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October 15, 2025 at 8:03 AM
In ep.#14 of the @ftm.eu podcast, journalist @oli4vb.bsky.social reveals how over €150M in EU funds fueled a Belgian prince's failed conservation dream in Congo’s Virunga Park: open.spotify.com/episode/5AkN...
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⚠️ Since the piece was published, 39 MEPs from 4 political groups have written to the @ec.europa.eu to express their "deep concerns" that EU subsidies, alongside national taxpayer funds, have directly financed #spyware companies.
Public money is funding spyware!
With 39 MEPs from 4 political groups, we are writing to the @ec.europa.eu to express deep concerns following @ftm.eu revelations that EU financed spyware companies!
This must stop! We call on full transparency and follow up on the PEGA committee recommendations!
With 39 MEPs from 4 political groups, we are writing to the @ec.europa.eu to express deep concerns following @ftm.eu revelations that EU financed spyware companies!
This must stop! We call on full transparency and follow up on the PEGA committee recommendations!
October 8, 2025 at 5:43 AM
⚠️ Since the piece was published, 39 MEPs from 4 political groups have written to the @ec.europa.eu to express their "deep concerns" that EU subsidies, alongside national taxpayer funds, have directly financed #spyware companies.
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Really enjoyed speaking with @emmaduchatinier.bsky.social and @alexfanta.bsky.social on the @ftm.eu podcast about my investigation into 🇪🇺European funding for commercial #spyware companies.
Thanks for having me! 🙏
📺 Watch: youtu.be/htXwY5KQzas?...
🎧 Listen: www.ftm.eu/articles/eur...
Thanks for having me! 🙏
📺 Watch: youtu.be/htXwY5KQzas?...
🎧 Listen: www.ftm.eu/articles/eur...
October 8, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Really enjoyed speaking with @emmaduchatinier.bsky.social and @alexfanta.bsky.social on the @ftm.eu podcast about my investigation into 🇪🇺European funding for commercial #spyware companies.
Thanks for having me! 🙏
📺 Watch: youtu.be/htXwY5KQzas?...
🎧 Listen: www.ftm.eu/articles/eur...
Thanks for having me! 🙏
📺 Watch: youtu.be/htXwY5KQzas?...
🎧 Listen: www.ftm.eu/articles/eur...
Op 14 oktober presenteert @brusselsenieuwe.bsky.social
het grote Europawoordvoerders-verkiezingsdebat, gepresenteerd door Sander van Vliet, Bijou van der Borst, Yves Lacroix en mijzelf. Kom dat zien in @nieuwspoort.bsky.social:
www.nieuwspoort.nl/programma/he...
het grote Europawoordvoerders-verkiezingsdebat, gepresenteerd door Sander van Vliet, Bijou van der Borst, Yves Lacroix en mijzelf. Kom dat zien in @nieuwspoort.bsky.social:
www.nieuwspoort.nl/programma/he...
Het grote Europawoordvoerders verkiezingsdebat - Brusselse Nieuwe
Europa bepaalt steeds meer de spelregels voor Nederland.
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October 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Op 14 oktober presenteert @brusselsenieuwe.bsky.social
het grote Europawoordvoerders-verkiezingsdebat, gepresenteerd door Sander van Vliet, Bijou van der Borst, Yves Lacroix en mijzelf. Kom dat zien in @nieuwspoort.bsky.social:
www.nieuwspoort.nl/programma/he...
het grote Europawoordvoerders-verkiezingsdebat, gepresenteerd door Sander van Vliet, Bijou van der Borst, Yves Lacroix en mijzelf. Kom dat zien in @nieuwspoort.bsky.social:
www.nieuwspoort.nl/programma/he...
Ep.11 of the @ftm.eu podcast: European companies are plundering Senegal's seas. Local fishermen’s nets are coming back empty. The culprit? European fishing companies. With livelihoods disappearing, many young West-Africans see no option but to migrate to Europe. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
European companies are plundering Senegal’s seas
Podcast Episode · Follow the Money: The Podcast · 24/09/2025 · 19m
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September 24, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Ep.11 of the @ftm.eu podcast: European companies are plundering Senegal's seas. Local fishermen’s nets are coming back empty. The culprit? European fishing companies. With livelihoods disappearing, many young West-Africans see no option but to migrate to Europe. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni vowed to solve Italy’s migration challenges by building offshore migrant centres in Albania to process asylum seekers. Three years on, the hubs are half-empty, construction costs have ballooned into millions and courts keep stalling progress.
Podcast | Meloni's €70-million migration fiasco
When Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni ran her election campaign in 2022, she promised a bold solution to Italy’s migration issues: building offshore migrant centres in Albania. But three years la...
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September 17, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni vowed to solve Italy’s migration challenges by building offshore migrant centres in Albania to process asylum seekers. Three years on, the hubs are half-empty, construction costs have ballooned into millions and courts keep stalling progress.
In ep.10 of the @ftm.eu podcast, journalist James Imam tells us all about Meloni's €70M migration fiasco: alleged human rights abuses, half-empty hubs, ballooning costs and legal chaos.
"Italians are paying for prisons in a foreign country that are leading to great suffering"
"Italians are paying for prisons in a foreign country that are leading to great suffering"
Meloni's €70 million migration fiasco
Podcast Episode · Follow the Money: The Podcast · 17/09/2025 · 24m
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September 17, 2025 at 7:34 AM
In ep.10 of the @ftm.eu podcast, journalist James Imam tells us all about Meloni's €70M migration fiasco: alleged human rights abuses, half-empty hubs, ballooning costs and legal chaos.
"Italians are paying for prisons in a foreign country that are leading to great suffering"
"Italians are paying for prisons in a foreign country that are leading to great suffering"