heart sank and kept beating faster and faster. it was like i'd seen a lion coming out of the jungle. that one of which is not a cop they forced the women to lie on the ground in rows. one woman right next to the other. way and then they raped us right there in public. they moved from one woman to another talk about the idea that. some women covered their face out of shame and the men beat them and yelled at them don't cover your eyes to everyone who did was beaten so that i was should we were forced to watch all that. but only on my lower i would look they bring in a boy and ordered him to have sex with his mother. they said that if he refused they'd kill him but we've seen a lot of suffering so much. before. the

rebels ordered us to pick up some sticks. they said that one of the men was going to be killed that day and we were going to do it. they weren't going to shoot that man or stabbed him to death. they said that we were going to beat him to death with our sticks. the rebels surrounded the victim and ordered him not to cry. they said that if we cried they'd shooters we started beating him and kept beating him until he was dead to the new names and.

yes yes i have been up on civil duty one day my husband attacked me with a scent. i don't this child was 3 years old at the time. might finish cooking and washing the dishes i went outside to dump some dirty water yeah when i came back to where the child said daddy's lying on the bend under the musky to net the way i'm talking i didn't believe him when i looked in there he wants me i was terrified because he had this wild look on his face his eyes were glowing he looked like a monster. attend my back on him to tend to the child that's when my husband attacked me i fell down he tried to force my mouth open he pressed his fingers into my cheeks while i clamped my teeth together. i cried out like a sheet he took

a can of liquid and pulled the contents into my mouth while i felt a burning sensation and i wanted to scream. but i kept quiet because if i tried to speak i probably swallow the acid he actually thought i had swallowed it and it was going to burn my insides. then he put on some gloves and port the rest of the acid over my body. he dropped it into my eyes and the rest of my face. covered my help body with it i was lying motionless on the floor to do then my husband left the apartment and locked the door from the outside you know at dawn would each of you call would you do. you. feel it my

mouth felt like it was on fire. the pain was unbearable do you know who. it is to try but yes started to fall out because it was covered with acid our jack my clothes were shredded sore so i have to walk around as nearly 90. and some medical fuel. duty i don't like it was burning then and there was more of. that. comment oh you know the police arrested my husband but later let him go on a means of has been housing me and the children and we have nowhere else to go view

. you know where we live if a record. a new. boss is always driving around the neighborhood looking for laughs he may know and i'm nervous all the time because i'm afraid i do i'm always afraid even when i leave the house during the day or my mother doesn't want me to go out alone so when i do go out to dress i always take 2 other people with my shoes and i have a. bus or even evoke even when she wants to kill me and my children and i can't even go out to the toilet alone at night because of him vivian i have to wake up my sister or brother to go along with me. even my husband is always hanging around the neighborhood that the. maze of i'm not safe here tonight or my children he soon he follows the kids all the time and threatens them 50 that's just terrible

but to bring on that was still afraid and because of him we're not safe here. or do not possibility. i told him the show was over he kept having sex with me monoliths my life as a living hell of the world made him one hour and it was like my family who had arranged the marriage had thrown me into a lake of fire. sometimes i thought it would be better to take poison or hang myself. but i didn't. my mother says that if i had been a good wife my marriage wouldn't have gone so wrong and now it was my fate to live

alone. she said that if i had really wanted to be married i would not have left my husband. when i saw that my daughter had been badly abused i decided to take her to my home but after about 2 weeks some people came and brought her back to her husband. in one that i knew then i talked to some village elders and told them what had happened. i listened to their advice and decided i was not going to give her back. it's there is no justice in our society that we have to live with that if i complain people say that my daughter is a bad woman and i'm just making things worse my limited part of what the.

plan of the night is of the women have to deal with the huge amount of stress caused by their husbands and in-laws they don't have a mother who are sick and if they have no education. they have to rely completely on those people he. says when we were shooting in one of the end of the world when the girls go to school the boys harass them along the way. a lot of the shit that happens a lot these days and that's why a lot of girls don't go to school. for doing things that they're afraid that they'll lose their own or because they're being harassed by boys. in bengali culture it's impossible for boys to lose their own mouth. because of that because it only happens to women. and when it does they become outcasts in society that it was that it was the family but there's some other to that cavity.

that out. there i was 7. running that out. though well. i mean how. 7 are. you. today i mean after the cameras today i can talk about what happened to me. i wasn't able to do that before. i couldn't even talk to myself about it. but now i can talk to anyone anywhere at the market for example. for our next song i want to get something i have a lot more courage so what. i'm going to i've been able to climb out of that swamp . i've come

a long way thanks to the people at the archie project. they helped me make some changes in my life and i think i've done really well so you want to be in the mindset of the guys who got a lot of my son that was the guy that did this to you gave the mood to somebody who. could. thank. god. i. woke up. i. was just going to. think.

i could. talk to you if you could see if we were. all right she had more luck than not when we got him i learned that my son. had died. and while we knew him and we went through some really hard times. and then a little later. my daughter was kidnapped one quit school that they didn't know what to do and i had. i live in the countryside life was terribly hard that's all i can say yes my husband left me and moved to. you stayed there for a long time because he didn't want to take me back. before that he and i had a good life we got along but when these problems turned up his personality changed

he wanted to shut me out of his life and he claimed that i supported the hutu rebels. because. one of the. things of. the middle man don't call me if i don't know where to go i live outdoors in the countryside. i have no husband and no children mind if they killed my child. so now i sit terra loan i have no place to live i'm worried and miserable. i have to deal with

a lot of different problems we have to look for food with clothes and a place to sleep we don't have a proper home we just live outdoors or go to like the birds. i'm calling. to write here i haven't got have a car yet my children made fun of me about it and avoided me. they said that i wasn't human anymore and when york i asked myself how my children could treat me like that had a hand in the ground and i wondered what my parents would say when they found out about it when and that would happen again my husband was doing the devil's work when he started spreading those rumors about me. she and my children believed him. i give him some food but he refused it he said he didn't want to be served by someone who lived in the forest. for me put my children no longer thought of me as their mother and then when it was like they thought that i was dead. i laugh at you

that you don't any of. these events left scars on our hearts. and to this day when i hear a noise like a knock on the door or a camera falling over i'm frightened and my heart starts beating faster. i feel awful my heart is beating faster because i'm afraid that something awful will happen again in a city where it's hard to pin to try to get a lot of these experiences have also affected our mental health when on the one hand i feel fine right now but later i might start crying because i feel threatened . it's like i've gone crazy i'm king of worship she can. have a new dad was. the wrong nothing wrong with the way that. i. am i'm no one often will i must when school starts you're going to have to learn

how to raise guinea pigs while you give one to each child in your family. there's plenty of grass here for the guinea pigs to eat. the kids can feed them if you have to pay school fees you can sell 3 guinea pigs if you haven't got enough food you can eat them yeah yeah i eat guinea pig meat myself. i mean someone like assuming you're my me my mum in your home with them i've been in my own way and. you know. the make up always work with the cement support group but they are farmers breeders or traders. we meet on the 1st and last day of each month and we talk about how to make our lives better ways that we each of us don't need $500.00 francs to a special fund. and we give the money to women so it's just had a child or someone who's just got married or who we also give money to the

relatives of the people who've died physically with this is just so. yeah that. was. him and they are. doing that now i was. ok with. that. battle blamed on me not me but you needed me you should. come home. now go away oh my god why would you worry about much of a home 10000. down the. economies

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a 2nd debate front runner and former vice president joe biden comes under attack from all sides we'll look at how he and his main rivals fare also coming up germany is slammed by the u.s. after foreign minister heiko must refuse his request from washington to take part in a naval mission to bolster security in the persian gulf as tensions between iran and the west broke. 10 weeks of massive protests. over corruption and mismanagement in puerto rico have forced the governor of the us territories to step down our correspondent met some of the people behind the demonstrations. hello i'm terry martin thanks for joining us united states democratic party candidates have again clashed in a televised debate as the party decides who will take on donald trump at the 2020

presidential election candidates disagreed on issues from immigration to climate change to health care and how to defeat the republicans of course the debate further highlighted the identity crisis within the democratic party is divided expanding between those who want a radical agenda and others who take a more centrist approach 10 hopeful years and lined up but all eyes were on core by president joe biden and his main rival california senator come up here here's some of the exchange between the 2 over their plans for health care reform this is the single most important issue facing the public and to be very blunt and to be very straightforward you can't be president trying with double talk on this plan so i think that you should really think about what you're saying but the reflective and understand that the people of america want access to health care and do not want cost to be their barrier to getting anybody tell you how much their plans cost my plans cost $750000000000.00 that's what it costs not $30.00 train about

a vice president and in 2019 and america for a democrat to be running for president with a plan that does not cover everyone i think is without excuse. w.'s washington correspondent all of us saw it was called was following that debate over joe biden is currently leading the polls in the democratic presidential primary how did he do last night. well joe biden was very much under scrutiny because he did not do well in the 1st round of presidential debates he had a rather weak performance back then so he really tried to make up for that it seemed that worked out partially he clashed with chemical harris over health care he was then at tack by several other candidates on several issues it really seemed like he had a target on his back tonight but then he also again had his weaker moments he

confused some numbers he confused the costs of medicare for all so bottom line joe biden became better but still did not meet his expectations and there were 10 candidates on stage there last night and with so many voices it's hard to make your voice heard were there any standout moments in last night's debate right so there were some big names on stage and. of course joe biden 1 senator kemel harris also senator a cory booker's above non of them really delivered that really overwhelmingly convincing performance 1 just 2 like last night there was a big divide between moderate and progressive ideas but at the same time everyone agrees that their common enemy and the common opponent is donald trump you know joe biden called the 2020 election therefore a battle for the soul of america kemah harris said donald trump is a predator and

a coward and cory booker said of the nation's crisis is donald trump what about american voters who are watching this what do they make of the democrats' debate merits on. well the pantsuit who you're speaking of you speak to republicans they're rather content right now about the fact that the democrats are rather busy with themselves democrats in turn are trying to find the right some political direction to move forward but let's listen to a couple of voices and guests also a watch party here in washington d.c. that i attended early a watch party all the young democrats. here it's a really really deep problem here we need somebody with some bold business there are some moderates solution but there are some extreme solutions that you would think sort of think donald trump has been doing have been just so extreme on the right this is going to need to be said for his courage and so i'm all for people

like andrew young. senator harris. or any fan is people who are really trying to push to push the envelope really strong of america to go this well i think the biggest challenge is whether or not you want to position yourself a person who can win the vote or a person who can defeat trout and it sounds like the same thing but if not them majority of people right now who are voting for democrats they're looking for candidates who can be true and it isn't even looking at the foundations or even just bills that are even the issue i think the time for matter is he has passed and as we heard yesterday i am republicans are going to say that democrats are crazy and socially stay right here become a centrist or like this how do you see now what you need to push the party fonzie the democrats really want. the election itself holdovers still more than

a year away when will we know who is in fact going to challenge strong in next year's election. well it's still a long way ahead and we also still don't have those odds on favorite candidate of the democratic party as of now so the next presidential debate will be in september and the threshold then will be somewhat higher you will need to have at least 2 per cent in paul's to participate to qualify yourself and you will need to have at least $130000.00 donors registered so we can expect that the field will become smaller by then in the end it's all about money some candidates are already struggling to get enough funding together a very prominent example is better or texas and started of really successfully on the state level back in the midterms but then really disappointed on the national level 3 so we will see a smaller group in september but it will take another year in july 2020 in fact

until the presidential candidate of the democratic party will then be announced publicly all over thank you very much should the w.'s all of a sudden there in washington. the united states has imposed sanctions on iran's foreign minister muhammad judge sorry the move comes amid escalating tensions between the 2 countries a tax on oil tankers in the persian gulf jomo its reef was one of the main negotiators in the 2015 iran nuclear deal between the us the european union and the european union last year the trump administration withdrew from the deal in red has since restarted its production of enriched uranium the sanctions will freeze any u.s. and limit mr zarif travel abilities in response to the news he tweeted that the u.s. sanctions would have no effect on him as he has no sense. of fear. the u.s.

ambassador to germany has criticized uncle america's government for refusing to join a naval mission in the gulf the u.s. has asked its allies to help protect vessels as they pass through the strait of hormuz or proposal the british government has agreed to but germany's foreign ministry has rejected that request saying the priority should be given to diplomatic efforts and to deescalating the situation richard grinnell the us ambassador said germany's economic strength brings it brings with it responsibility to act here's how germany's foreign minister heiko must justify his position. with the german government will not participate in the si mission proposed and planned by the united states we are in close agreement with our french partners in this regard we think the strategy of maximum pressure is wrong we do not want to military escalation we will continue to work with diplomacy. for well germany's foreign minister they're rejecting a u.s.

proposal for a joint maritime security mission near iran meanwhile germany's new defense minister. has struck a different note saying no final decision has been made. we are considering this request in close consultation with the united kingdom and france. and we are doing this with particular consideration of our political and diplomatic goals and from this overall assessment a decision will be made. well for more it i'm joined by security and international correspondent christiane. christiane we've got some sounds like differing views there the we've got the foreign minister saying no we're not going to help the u.s. in the gulf the defense minister saying maybe which is it it's because using and 1st of all it's a spotlight on how the drum coalition government works these days the john foreign

minister mr moss is a social democrat and his party the s.p.d. in general is very reluctant when it comes to sending the john forces abroad military missions like that in visits now and pushed forward by the u.s. out of every understands highly unpopular in johnny and now we have to step back a moment and take a look at german interior politics the s.p.d. is not to doing very well in the polls the party is ailing so this has to be taken into account to understand why the f.d.a. is pushing forward here the ministry of defense is led by a high profile conservative politician the newly elected chan woman is coming by well and they say no we're still assessing all options now you could chancellor knockers she's on her annual leave she's not in berlin but observers here take it for granted that mrs michael is backing the stance of her coalition partner and

that means no john participation in such a u.s. mission so come. many think might succeed michael as the cd uses as the conservatives candidate in the next election she is trying to leave all our options open anyway still some confusion there last week before boris johnson took over as prime minister in the u.k. the u.k. proposed a european naval mission to the gulf to help protect shipping in the strait of hormuz would germany bore me more amenable to a european mission person who thinks so and such as. mission under a european flag germany would probably find its role there have been similar european missions in the past some of them quite successful and john vessels where in that float it was for example there was one mission of off the coast of east africa an anti piracy mission but if you look at the john navy these days there are

so many vessels under repair and undergoing an overhauling process so they're adalat if germany would or even could send show.