Tarek Panja

So you were basically detained and forced to have sex with men?

That's what they do in Libya.

Esther managed to escape and reached Europe by boat.

Other women are making the journey on foot along the so-called Balkan route.

And that's just as dangerous.

Nina left Kosovo with her sister.

Even though we were up in the mountains, in the dark, you could hear the screams.

Women, like my sister, were crying, begging for help.

It was harrowing.

The men would come with a torch, shine it in someone's face, pick who they wanted, take them further into the forest, and then do whatever they wanted to us.

Why did you leave Kosovo?

I asked Nina why she chose to face such danger to leave Kosovo.

I had no other choice but to escape.

My boyfriend was violent.

He wanted me to become a prostitute and give him the money.

This is very common in Kosovo.

People think life is good here.

But if you're a woman, you have no rights, no voice.

It's terrible.

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