Welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi. The so called Islamic State may be coming under pressure in both syria and iraq, but still, accounts emerge of atrocities carried out by them. The minority Yazidi Community has been amongst one of the most persecuted groups of people, living mostly in Northern Iraq. They have been killed, forced to convert to islam, and the women and girls have been held in sexual slavery. My guest is psychologist jan kizilhan, a Yazidi Kurd Living in germany. Hes helped bring 1,000 yazidi females from camps in iraq to germany to start a new life. How does he decide who should stay and who should go . Jan kizilhan, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. What is your main goal, purpose, in rescuing these women and children, bringing them from iraq to germany . They are under pressure, psychological pressure. They have post Traumatic Stress disorder because they were for moments in the hands of is, tortured, violated, exploited and a lot of things. Our main goal is t
Welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi. The so called Islamic State may be coming under pressure in both syria and iraq, but still, accounts emerge of atrocities carried out by them. The minority Yazidi Community has been amongst one of the most persecuted groups of people, living mostly in Northern Iraq. They have been killed, forced to convert to islam, and the women and girls have been held in sexual slavery. My guest is psychologist jan kizilhan, a Yazidi Kurd Living in germany. Hes helped bring 1,000 yazidi females from camps in iraq to germany to start a new life. How does he decide who should stay and who should go . Jan kizilhan, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. What is your main goal, purpose, in rescuing these women and children, bringing them from iraq to germany . They are under pressure, psychological pressure. They have post Traumatic Stress disorder because they were for moments in the hands of is, tortured, violated, exploited and a lot of things. Our main goal is t
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Welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi. My guest is american journalist theo padnos. From october 2012 to august 2014 he was held hostage in syria by the nusra front, which is allied to alqaeda. He was beaten, abused, not knowing from day to day if he would be shot or spared by his captors. But was he the victim of his own actions . He says the most bitter moment of his captivity was the realisation that it was he himself who was mostly responsible for his ordeal. Theo padnos, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks very much for having me. Why did you decide to go to syria in 2012 to report on the conflict there . You know, it was a very dangerous place, it still is. It was certainly dangerous at the time, but i mean, i felt that i could avoid the worst of the dangers. I felt the real danger to me at the time, i thought, was the regime. I thought they were against western reporters coming in. I didnt have a visa for journalists, and i felt that they were going to come and arrest me. I felt t
Welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi. My guest is american journalist theo padnos. From october 2012 to august 2014 he was held hostage in syria by the nusra front, which is allied to alqaeda. He was beaten, abused, not knowing from day to day if he would be shot or spared by his captors. But was he the victim of his own actions . He says the most bitter moment of his captivity was the realisation that it was he himself who was mostly responsible for his ordeal. Theo padnos, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks very much for having me. Why did you decide to go to syria in 2012 to report on the conflict there . You know, it was a very dangerous place, it still is. It was certainly dangerous at the time, but i mean, i felt that i could avoid the worst of the dangers. I felt the real danger to me at the time, i thought, was the regime. I thought they were against western reporters coming in. I didnt have a visa for journalists, and i felt that they were going to come and arrest me. I felt t