Child brides. Some married for love, some as a way to guarantee safe passage, while others were paired off as local tradition demanded, raising awkward questions for german authorities. Thats why parliament passed a new law here in germany that officially makes 18 the minimum age for marriage and nullifying any existing marriages involving anyone under 16. Our reporter met with a girl who was torn between being a dutiful daughter and choosing how she would like to live. Hevi is a kurdish girl who now lives in a secret location somewhere in germany, anonymously and in fear of her own family and a forced marriage. She talks about how, on her 15th birthday, her life took a sudden and radical turn for the worse. The violence i experienced at home was really brutal. To get spat on so often by my father that was the worst, because i felt so humiliated. Hevi comes from a devout muslim family. Her father is an imam. The family started to isolate hevi more and more. They didnt allow her to get
Child brides. Some married for love, some as a way to guarantee safe passage, while others were paired off as local tradition demanded, raising awkward questions for german authorities. Thats why parliament passed a new law here in germany that officially makes 18 the minimum age for marriage and nullifying any existing marriages involving anyone under 16. Our reporter met with a girl who was torn between being a dutiful daughter and choosing how she would like to live. Hevi is a kurdish girl who now lives in a secret location somewhere in germany, anonymously and in fear of her own family and a forced marriage. She talks about how, on her 15th birthday, her life took a sudden and radical turn for the worse. The violence i experienced at home was really brutal. To get spat on so often by my father that was the worst, because i felt so humiliated. Hevi comes from a devout muslim family. Her father is an imam. The family started to isolate hevi more and more. They didnt allow her to get
Child brides. Some married for love, some as a way to guarantee safe passage, while others were paired off as local tradition demanded, raising awkward questions for german authorities. Thats why parliament passed a new law here in germany that officially makes 18 the minimum age for marriage and nullifying any existing marriages involving anyone under 16. Our reporter met with a girl who was torn between being a dutiful daughter and choosing how she would like to live. Hevi is a kurdish girl who now lives in a secret location somewhere in germany, anonymously and in fear of her own family and a forced marriage. She talks about how, on her 15th birthday, her life took a sudden and radical turn for the worse. The violence i experienced at home was really brutal. To get spat on so often by my father that was the worst, because i felt so humiliated. Hevi comes from a devout muslim family. Her father is an imam. The family started to isolate hevi more and more. They didnt allow her to get
But more of that later in the programme. The story of lorenzo. First, an italian writer who is traumatised by memories of a more recent event, something that happened 15 years ago. During a g8 summit, being held in the italian city of genoa, lorenzo was one of hundreds of people hurt in violent clashes between police and antiglobalisation protestors. Peaceful demonstrators, like lorenzo, were beaten brutally by police. And although the wounds may have healed, in many cases the mental trauma is still very much there. Lorenzo guadagnucci has always been passionate about the written word. Hes an author and journalist, and hes critical of globalisation. 15 years ago, his life was turned up side down. I was subjected to brutal violence and i was afraid id , die. The experience changed my life. It was like torture. I will never forget the feeling. Guadagnucci recalls the video night on july 22, during 2001 the g8 summit in genoa. That night, the headquarters of globalisation protestors were