Many people in her village knew what was happening and did nothing to prevent it. Thats because that area of southern italy is in the firm control of a local mafia family, and one of the alleged rapists is the son of a powerful mafia boss, who is serving time in prison. The problem is that local people still dont want to face up to what happened, as our reporter ellen trapp has been finding out. Now, for her own safety the girl herself isnt able to talk, so some of these scenes have been reconstructed. Ellen melito di porto salvo, a town of 12,000 in southern calabria, is a mafia stronghold. A young girl is said to have been raped here by seven or more young men, repeatedly, for years from the time she was 13. Well call her lucia. Many people here are said to have known about it and looked away. We struck up a conversation with a local daycare teacher. But when our talk turned to the rapes, she clammed up. I cant understand you. Ellen the mayor, giuseppe meduri, defends his community.
Lived and worked there, gunnar has never struggled more to find people to interview. He says longstanding tensions between the current regime and the large kurdish minority are worse than theyve ever been. Many were simply too afraid to talk to him. Gunnar the Ruling Ak Party has never won an election here in diyarbakir. But as the country gears up for a constitutional referendum that would give the president more power, posters showing the image of Recep Tayyip Erdogan seem omnipresent in the mainly kurdish city. The message is that the kurds should likewise say yes to the changes. For journalist fuat yasar, thats a sign the vote will be unfair especially in kurdish regions. Mr. Yasar as soon as a few people come out on the street to campaign for a no vote, the police show up immediately. The governor has banned all opposition events for socalled security reasons. Gunnar in diyarbakir, opponents of the constitutional reforms can only meet behind closed doors. Yasar is among those plan
Lived and worked there, gunnar has never struggled more to find people to interview. He says longstanding tensions between the current regime and the large kurdish minority are worse than theyve ever been. Many were simply too afraid to talk to him. Gunnar the Ruling Ak Party has never won an election here in diyarbakir. But as the country gears up for a constitutional referendum that would give the president more power, posters showing the image of Recep Tayyip Erdogan seem omnipresent in the mainly kurdish city. The message is that the kurds should likewise say yes to the changes. For journalist fuat yasar, thats a sign the vote will be unfair especially in kurdish regions. Mr. Yasar as soon as a few people come out on the street to campaign for a no vote, the police show up immediately. The governor has banned all opposition events for socalled security reasons. Gunnar in diyarbakir, opponents of the constitutional reforms can only meet behind closed doors. Yasar is among those plan
People have decided. In their recent referendum, a narrow majority voted for president erdogan to have more power a lot more. While his supporters celebrate, the rest of the country is in shock at the outcome. Many, like neslihan, an activist from istanbul, cannot do not believe the results. They are so incensed by claims of election fraud, they are no longer afraid of the longstanding government crackdown on critics and are taking to the streets to protest. Reporter outraged by their loss in the referendum approving more and sweeping powers for turkish president recep tayyip erdogan, protesters march in the streets of istanbul. They feel cheated. Engineer neslihan karatas spontaneously joins the march. She can hardly believe the opposition lost. Ms. Karatas im 28 years old. Ive never done anything more sensible for democracy and freedom as i have in the past three months. Ive hit the streets with friends. Weve been informing people and campaigning for a no. And we got so much encourag
People have decided. In their recent referendum, a narrow majority voted for president erdogan to have more power a lot more. While his supporters celebrate, the rest of the country is in shock at the outcome. Many, like neslihan, an activist from istanbul, cannot do not believe the results. They are so incensed by claims of election fraud, they are no longer afraid of the longstanding government crackdown on critics and are taking to the streets to protest. Reporter outraged by their loss in the referendum approving more and sweeping powers for turkish president recep tayyip erdogan, protesters march in the streets of istanbul. They feel cheated. Engineer neslihan karatas spontaneously joins the march. She can hardly believe the opposition lost. Ms. Karatas im 28 years old. Ive never done anything more sensible for democracy and freedom as i have in the past three months. Ive hit the streets with friends. Weve been informing people and campaigning for a no. And we got so much encourag