Claimed responsibility. Our reporter gunnar kohne went to this dangerous region to find out more. Gunnar the city of gaziantep lies about 65 kilometers from the syrian border. Since the war broke out in syria, hundreds of thousands of refugees have found sanctuary here. Among them are many syrian journalists. One of them is a young reporter, who well call ahmad. Hes been researching the brutal atrocities committed by the socalled Islamic State. He no longer feels safe in turkey and lives in hiding. After a long wait for an interview, we meet him in an empty playground on the edge of town my family lived for a while in an iscontrolled area. Before they were able to flee, they were threatened repeatedly because of an article i wrote. Then is started threatening me directly, writing that they would find me and kill me. I can work from home, and i dont leave my apartment unless its absolutely necessary. And i change address regularly. His fears are not unfounded. In midmay, his colleague M
Cleaning staff or in agriculture. Theyre forced to work, often under threat of violence. Their superiors frequently confiscate their passports to prevent them escaping. Modern slavery is widespread in africa and asia, particularly in uzbekistan and india, and in pakistan, where over two Million People are suffering exploitation. Reporter a kiln in which clay and mud are fired to make bricks, one of thousands in pakistan. All monuments to misery. Reporter there might not be any fences, but anyone who lives here is effectively a prisoner, condemned to lifelong slavery. Mohammed riaz and his wife naseem have been making bricks since they were children, each up to a thousand a day, every day, until theyre physically exhausted. With our four children all i can manage right now are two to three hundred bricks. Thats not enough to live on. Reporter their childrens future is already mapped out. Our children have to go out collecting clay from as early an age as possible instead of going to sch
Cleaning staff or in agriculture. Theyre forced to work, often under threat of violence. Their superiors frequently confiscate their passports to prevent them escaping. Modern slavery is widespread in africa and asia, particularly in uzbekistan and india, and in pakistan, where over two Million People are suffering exploitation. Reporter a kiln in which clay and mud are fired to make bricks, one of thousands in pakistan. All monuments to misery. Reporter there might not be any fences, but anyone who lives here is effectively a prisoner, condemned to lifelong slavery. Mohammed riaz and his wife naseem have been making bricks since they were children, each up to a thousand a day, every day, until theyre physically exhausted. With our four children all i can manage right now are two to three hundred bricks. Thats not enough to live on. Reporter their childrens future is already mapped out. Our children have to go out collecting clay from as early an age as possible instead of going to sch
Cleaning staff or in agriculture. Theyre forced to work, often under threat of violence. Their superiors frequently confiscate their passports to prevent them escaping. Modern slavery is widespread in africa and asia, particularly in uzbekistan and india, and in pakistan, where over two Million People are suffering exploitation. Reporter a kiln in which clay and mud are fired to make bricks, one of thousands in pakistan. All monuments to misery. Reporter there might not be any fences, but anyone who lives here is effectively a prisoner, condemned to lifelong slavery. Mohammed riaz and his wife naseem have been making bricks since they were children, each up to a thousand a day, every day, until theyre physically exhausted. With our four children all i can manage right now are two to three hundred bricks. Thats not enough to live on. Reporter their childrens future is already mapped out. Our children have to go out collecting clay from as early an age as possible instead of going to sch
Claimed responsibility. Our reporter gunnar kohne went to this dangerous region to find out more. Gunnar the city of gaziantep lies about 65 kilometers from the syrian border. Since the war broke out in syria, hundreds of thousands of refugees have found sanctuary here. Among them are many syrian journalists. One of them is a young reporter, who well call ahmad. Hes been researching the brutal atrocities committed by the socalled Islamic State. He no longer feels safe in turkey and lives in hiding. After a long wait for an interview, we meet him in an empty playground on the edge of town my family lived for a while in an iscontrolled area. Before they were able to flee, they were threatened repeatedly because of an article i wrote. Then is started threatening me directly, writing that they would find me and kill me. I can work from home, and i dont leave my apartment unless its absolutely necessary. And i change address regularly. His fears are not unfounded. In midmay, his colleague M