The Schools That Chain Boys - BBC Africa Eye | BBC Arabic documentary
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- A BBC News Arabic investigation has uncovered systemic child abuse inside Islamic schools in Sudan, with boys as young as five years old routinely chained, shackled and beaten by the “sheikhs”, or religious men in charge of the schools. The investigation also found evidence of sexual abuse. For 18 months, reporter, Fateh Al-Rahman Al-Hamdani, filmed inside 23 schools across Sudan. He found boys shackled and chained and witnessed brutal routine beatings.
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UPDATE: This #BBCAfricaEye and #BBCArabic investigation won the #Amnesty Media Award 2021 for Best Investigation.
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this is why children should not be left in the hands of any religious institution
we have seen it time and time again, regardless if Catholic /Christian/Islamic. All these institutions are run by monsters in God's name ...
As well as non-religious institute things has happened to kids when someone is weak and vulnerable there will be someone to take advantage of them, sad but true
all these religions even christianity had evil pasts they did the same thing. this is very evil.
@Afro Sammy I don't follow the church to comment fully but definitely catholicism comes from pure evil ... but at the same time how can you preach a innocent child inherits sins and will go to hell unless baptised 😂😂😂 haha
I see people want to pass judgment and escape that blames lies on them as well whatever religion or non-religion you want to claim because in this we are all human and most of us don't follow our books or use moral compass like we should. People are trying to pretend that they are so perfect and that there is no blood or dirt on their hands, please stop with that bs.
@@frankcole5019 be quiet. religious institutions are built on abuse and money!
This is disgusting !!! STOP CHILD ABUSE !!!!!
www.bishop-accountability.org/AbuseTracker/
@@hassanjinja
What's the link for?
@@majormediaproductions children suffering/abused in the hands of Bishops/priests etc
@@hassanjinja are you really justifying abuse????smh
@@hassanjinja get a life man
"Their fathers brought them here to be chained"
Speaks volumes.
I am a Somali American, to see the pain and suffering these children are going through - is heartbreaking 💔.
My siblings and I used to go to one these (camps) I refuse to call it a respectable place. Our father found out (through us) we were getting whippings. Once he heard of it, he took us there straight away and said to them “if you ever touch my children I will kill with my bare hand”. Thankfully we never went back.
I don’t have a good enough relationship with him now, and he’s back in Africa but watching this I thank him deeply. May these children live a happy, normal life.
So you don’t like ur father
You're somali American. That's your argument finished. You're no more than fallen xalimos advocating for the fake pains of others clearly when you have no connection of life. Keep preaching huuno.
@@guulwade989 of course u would say that
Thank you so much for sharing.
May Allah open a way for you and your dad to find love and peace within each other
If that was my son I wouldn’t be waiting on courts, il be camping outside the guys house laying in wait...
Same with Uganda happens to all of my friends and me on one occasion
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All because of man made rules called religion
The parents are partly to blame. He heard horror stories and sent his son anyway. He knew the risk
I was beaten mercilessly too by my Arabic teachers and my father encouraged it. There was a beating everywhere growing up in Ghana. In school from Mondays to Fridays, in Arabic school on weekends, and in the hands of my own parents after school. I have scars on my legs from beating. IT NEEDS TO STOP
@Theresia Nzioka Thanks for the love, I really appreciate your kind words😘. I am happy BBC is throwing light on this horrific act, affecting children who have nowhere to turn to. These issues needs to be addressed a lot to impact change.
Love from Atlanta Ga America 🤗🤗
@@applelove9845 Likewise dear, thank you so much😍😘, stay safe and stay blessed, always.
thank you for sharing your traumatic past. I hope no more children have to endure physical or psychological scars of religious indoctrination and extremism :(
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Just imagine what their wives and own children go through😫
In Islam it's permitted to beat your wife.
Or perhaps they treat them well just as many of the Nazi concentration camp guards treated their own families well. There is some disconnect these evil people have and they become one person at “work” and another in their private lives
Thank you doctors! Doctors, nurses, and Doctors' asstants are heroes. This Investigative Journalist is an hero for excellent reporting and having courage to investigate these abuses in Sudan. Please be careful and protect yourself.
Thank you for liking my comment 😀😀😀😀
these parents are complicit. they knew the dangers of these places, yet still sent their children there.
a parent's first and foremost goal should be to protect their child.
I bet if their kid didn't almost die and end up on the news, they'd probably be happy about the way the kid was treated.
I disagree. If a child is hurt by a priest at school it is not the parents fault for sending them to Catholic school. The parent was doing what they thought was best for the child's education.
@SOCIAL 215 I saw another video similar to this. It said clearly that the parents didn't give consent for there children to be beaten. Explain that please.
@SOCIAL 215 actually, there were accusations of students being raped there. So I don't know about your picked on thing. Maybe that's the reason.
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I blame the parents for all this who takes there kids as young as 5 to a place they know so well is torturing there kids 😡😡😡😡😡
I blame the fundamentals of the religion
www.bishop-accountability.org/
@@therewasanattempt1961 www.bishop-accountability.org/
me too, lavidah.
You're right to blame the parents, but considering the hard life and poverty they suffer, most of the blame should be directed to the government and society.
Total respect to the reporter. I hope he will keep pushiness for justice for the marginalized. This was one of the most painful features I've watched lately and I can't imagine the mental health toll it took on him.
This happens in Senegal too. Breaks my heart.
I liked the lady singing at the end
Didn't know it happens in senegal too like northern Nigeria sorry
The journalist that recorded this pathetic situation about this kids in Sudan did a very very good job and deserve to be honored,I love his natural sense of humanity and justice,thank you.
I think they should be reward they barley have anything me an Jesus coming get all y'all one day bring y'all food and water clothes build y'all houses and do away with fake kings I'm very fucking pissed IMA black king I don't like or that fucking shit or religion and when I was believed in Allah I never had those ways and y'all shouldn't wat goes around comes around I will deal with y'all
Thanks
No you are wrong using the name of islam to get money, u are gonna Pay for this in aakhira, allah ses every Thing, you Guys are wrong doing this
@@mustafelmi4331
This is heartbreaking. Seeing what these children go through in the name of religious practice.
This is religious brutality. Justice must be served.
Yeah, don’t blame Islam but blame the false “sheikhs” who think beating a child will get that child to learn Quran. It goes against all principles And teachings of islam
Delve into the texts and you will find it is not so distant from said teachings.!!
@@mamamarianovits9029 huh? Does the Quran command people to beat children senselessly? Find me ONE verse that does. As usual islamaphobes have no knowledge but wishful assumptions
Nothing to do with religious!!!!!!! They are sick so called teachers!!! They should have been punished. They are devils
@@2gndrz “Wahhab set out to extinguish all Islamic practices that he considered not to have come from either source: thus Wahhabi mosques lack minarets-the towers that the caller to prayer, the muezzin, climbs in order to chant the azan, the call to prayer. Wahhab also rejected the veneration of Muslim saints and prayers at their shrines, a practice that had become widespread by the eighteenth century. Wahhab pointed to hadiths in which Muhammad himself condemned this practice, calling it shirk, the combination of idolatry and polytheism that is the worst sin of all in Islam: associating partners with Allah in worship. The Wahhabis were often just as brutal as the Islamic State is today. In an 1803 attack that could have come from today’s headlines about ISIS, the Wahhabis entered Ta’if, a city near Mecca, massacred all the men, and enslvd all the women and children.”
― Robert Spencer, The Complete Infidel's Guide to ISIS
Now more than ever, homeschool your children seems to be a universal statement being made world-wide.
I left Islam because of these kind of treatment. NEVER EVER AGAIN
I was beaten when I was in madrassa learning the Quran and yet they say Allah is ''merciful''.
Allah is merciful don't compare Allah to human beings and those who oppress will be answerable to Allah subhana wataalah
@@jamilaelema9647 Read the Quran and translate the exact meaning word by word and you will find out that "Allah" is NOT merciful. Everything Quran if you don't follow "HIM" he will strike you. I'm FREE NOW from lies. Religions is supposed to be peaceful, kindness, loving everyone Jewish, Christian, Hindu, no matter their sexuality. The Quran teachs to hate others who are not Muslims. I know I have been there.
@@jamilaelema9647 your entire comment is misdirected. Your concern should be about your religion that has these little boys in school getting beaten and raped. Here you are talking about who is merciful and who is not.
Do you think every Muslim is a good person how stupid do you have to be. Iblis was also Muslim who serve Allah and then he became the worse creature of Allah. Every religion have evil people but don’t hate on the religion.
There is a difference between the Quran and culture/tradition, name me one ayat of the Quran where it says to beat children.
That Sheikh got repayed with death, now he'll face the tomb and God's judgement
Its a pity to those kids...may he rot in hell
May he rot in hell, him and his cohorts
What a relief🙆🏽♂️🤞
Karma at its finest!! Justice always prevails!!!
No he should have faced the law while still alive. Staying in jail all his life would have been justice to the poor boys
What kind of God do they think they’re serving?😳
Exactly!!!!!!!
The religion is perfect not the people
Because Islam and Christianity are evil, that's why they say "the religion is pure" while the people of the religion stomp you down if your not in their stuff, yet, "the religion is pure!", it's just. And I say the religion produces the people's polarization
@@WealthyThomas people are evil not Christian religion. people make christianity look bad i read the bible and never saw a evil statement in the bible these are just evil doing of people.
God just sits watching. Do you think he really cares? If so you are a fool
it's crazy to listen to this father talking about hearing and reading about the awful things happening in that place. Yet still sent hes son. it's insane
The level of resentment in my heart for parents who allow their children to be tortured in this way. They continue to do this to these poor kids because they are confident that the parents will do nothing. I’ve never seen such evil. If parents will not protect their children who else will?
Disgusting. But this is again something people want to deny and walk over.
It’s out there already. It’s time it ends.
@@UnderdogTVng www.bishop-accountability.org/AbuseTracker/
parents really need to listen to their children a lot of this couldve been avoided
My son was bruised by his music teacher. I was 8 months pregnant. She said she didnt do it. I told her if she touched him again she would regret it cause l would beat the crap out of her and file charges. We could share a cell. Lol. Amazingly the bruising did not happen again. He was about 8 years old. It really affected him.
Most African parents pay deaf ears to their children
May God bless this journalist in Jesus’s name Amen
May Allah bless this journalist, ameen
Jesus have mercy
@@Queen-qf2bn Jesus?. Damn useless
@Loki Loki he is a useless peace of CRAP
@Loki Loki useless useless useless useless
This journalist is awesome. His passion is evident. This is a horrific story that needed to be told
I'm a Muslim and I am completely Disgusted by what they are doing. May Allah punish you for torturing and traumatizing these kids for the rest of their lives.
Why is Allah not personally defending these poor children? He can't or he won't? After all, aren't these atrocities committed in his name?
@@joekabuba9680 you got it wrong I have known two Muslims for the most of my life and they are nice non child abusing people so these monsters are charlatans
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@@joekabuba9680 if He defend them then we will not have Free will. Allah has to punish the evil or else how to we know some is evil if God protect everyone.
I can never unsee this.😭 why are humans so heartless, why..why. Children 🤢😭 I'm sick to my stomach watching these atrocities
Because of our sinful and fallen nature
This reminds me one one night when I was fleeing from my Arabic teacher who pursuid me with a wipe into the dark night. He chased me for about half a kilometer. I've left this cult
The most painful thing I've watched, the pain in those boys eyes is obvious, May they heal internally.
Never been happier to know that someone perished in a road accident
Yayyyyyyyyy another person
That is painful to watch, parents should always listen to their children. Child abuse always prevails in the face of a broken system, be it in religion or government. There is need for high accountability for us to be able to keep our children safe. Thank you BBC for being the voice of these children. Thank you for putting pressure on the system to the extent of driving change.
I really respect the way the investigator uncovered all the corruption taking place. Also, the religious/ Sheikh/ religious men that have wronged any of these children, I pray they meet death with a bang just as the High Sheiks if they are guilty of mistreatment of any child or man unable to do for themselves. And yes I also hold parents accountable too but more so the government for continuing to turn blind eyes.
if i found out my child was getting treated like this....i would literally be in jail rn. poor kids.
I can't even imagine the Trauma those kids are going through...😭😭😭😭😭
i went through something like this in somalia. we all got rescued but i wish someone wanted to make a documentary about kids from the west being back home, needless to say, this has brought back painful memories and i hope they all get saved from this, absolutley barbaric sadistic men!!
Am sorry about what you went through. I can't even imagine it. Watching this already sent chills down my body. No child deserves this treatment. If it's religion then to hell with it!
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾I pray you are well and healed. Thankful you are well and alive what a blessing ❤️
May Allah make it easy for u brother I went through similar experiences but wasn’t like this fortunately 🤲🏾🤲🏾🤲🏾
@@arsenalfan1653 wallahi the Muslim world needs to be changed. Inshallah may Allah help them
Hugs ❤️
No wonder kids grow up to be so inhumane we start wondering what happened to them for them to turn out to be horrifying beings..it goes down to this...the torture they went through as kids made them become worse than their actuall monsters..
This is Satan playground😭😭😭😭how can people who pray5 times a day be this evil💔💔💔💔
If you live in a country where justice is served, you should be grateful for life.
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Ikr, I hate it when westerners complain about their institutions and government. I mean like bro, come on.
@@Tech_Gamers yep.
Where is that? I will be happy to go there. I live in America and justice for blacks are not so good there either. Where the evil rule there is no justice for all.
For sure south africa 🇿🇦 grateful 🙏
This is so sad and so wrong.
More people need to know about what's happening and more people need to care.
I’m Sudanese American and currently writing a Thesis on this. My heart hurts for these children and I would love to speak with Al Fath just to understand the case submitted to the court a bit more
This is the most evil thing I’ve ever seen in my life. They need our help...
Imagine telling young children to be perfect or else they’ll be tortured.
What exactly is the damn point of these “schools”? What are the kids supposed to get out if it once they graduate?
The mother said she sent her son so he could become a Sheikh. And they said early on in the video that Sheikhs are really respected where they live.
I'm a victim of this...this is also known in somalia..mogadishu...n I'm a grown ass man
Really sad 😥
Dc Outasite Oh wow. I’m sorry and I hope you have found some peace. Are you currently residing in D.C. by any chance? I lived there for about 5 years myself.
Bruh Im somalia as well but Alhamdulliah i had home dhuksi so my parents knew whats going on and my father did not allow any beating so i was never beaten
It is called dhaqan ceelis in Somali my two older brothers are a victim of it. I was so near to be sent away there to,this shit happens in the capital in Somali. It is fucked up
Sorry for what you went through....hugs ❤️
Yo BBC News Africa is always coming with the good documentaries. Good work. This is what the world needs to see!
This happened to me when I was little. It is very sad because we were thought Is normal and going against the teacher is a sin. It’s nothing but child abuse. I really feel bad and pray for those kids🙏
This is Soo bad 😩
BBC is really doing a good job ✌🏾✌🏾 I’ve learnt alot
The worst thing it’s that this kids probably will do the same to other cos they don’t get psichology treatment after this.. they have to follow they well being after this cos it will affect telnet mental health once they grow up for sure
Unfortunately, I married one of these men. He is broken, so broken. His spirit was so bright, but he is traumatized and can't deal with his pain. These schools should not exist.
The rage I'm feeling inside... Can't describe
Thank you for making all of us aware of what is going on, it's so very sad.
I can't watch the whole video, I'm sick to my stomach 😭😭 How can this be happening to children all in the name of Religion? It's disgusting, mean and attempted murder... as soon as they go to jail they are bailed wtffffff...this hurt me so much , I got no more words..but God will be the judge of the wicked smh
This is and has been the history of all major religions. Christianity is no better.
@@geoffreybrewster I understood that every parent wanted a better future for their children but as a parent reading about atrocities that take place in these facilities and still send children there is beyond careless.. I blame some of these parents ..prayers for these kids smh
@@Aviation476 I blame the parents too. Why still send your kids? I believe they are paid off. Some dont even go back for their sons and daughters. sick
@@geoffreybrewster but in christianity no one forces you to cram the bible😑..let children be children.....even in budhissm or hindusim ..no one forces thr child to cram everything in their heads
it's been happening in all religious places since the dawn of religion. churches/ masjids, they are all the same . people say fear shaytarn yet only "GODS" People behaving like this, right across all races and religions it's the same story's
I love the way the journalist asked his questions. This is really saddening. How can you treat a fellow human being so badly all in the name of religion? 😔😔😔
Love from Ghana 🇬🇭
How is it free education if the children pay with their lives??
Why do people send their children to these places knowing what happens. My heart breaks for these kids. Smh unbelievable 😭
That poor child's eyes holds the pain of what he endured! May YHWH, heal his spirit!
You should of have got one on these sheikh and treat them how they treated the kids and see if they like it
Excellent reporting. So painful, however, to watch this.
When I was 12 years old in 1982, the principal of my primary school beat me up bad one morning. In 2022 I went back home at the age of 52....I found him old and vulnerable. I beat the crap out of him. I felt so good. I've waited that opportunity for 40 years. I promised my self that morning he was bearing me up that one day I'll come back and make him feel what he had done to me.
This is inhumanity and torture which should not tolerated in anyway💪💪 watching from Kenya🇰🇪
i heard the same thing happens in the somalian towns in kenya. there was even another bbc video about it.
The government of Kenya closed the down 👏🏾 they had registered the school as a drug rehab center
@@LuomamaTed thank goodness
@@eagleeye5943 whaat i ddnt know that i am glad it was closed
Wee kwetu hakunanga vitu kaa hizi ngava wont allow this kind of shit 😒😒😒😒😒😒
The parents are to blame! How do you just leave your young child for months without checking in? If your child says he is been abused, check for signs! Scars don’t magically show up on a child’s body!
I feel so sorry for the boys! The judge should have passed a guilty verdict after 3 no shows! The whole system is corrupt and all the “officials” are useless.
I agree the parents among many others are to blame. Especially the people running the "school" and the school' funding source.
Especially when they were well aware of the horrors that goes with that cult prison
The parents are victims also of a very broken system.
Parents believe men of religion have no fault and therefore do not believe their own children when told of the abuse.
The parents were raised the same way, attended these same boarding schools, and probably faced more brutal punishments- without any outlet to complain or even allowed to have an opinion on the actions of adults. Don't be so quick to judge.
It’s truly breaking my heart, after watching this video! It is very sad and terrifying to see these children, going through so much painful experience. They don’t deserve to be treated like that, may God give them comfort and protection. My heart is very aching for all of them poor little baby! Good job for this amazing journalist and BBC news who investigate these abuses case in Sudan and present it well to the world to see what’s really happen out there!
Same thing was found in Kaduna, Nigeria
Hands down for the professional journalist that guy is mature interview composed
He has mad skills. Need to see more of him
He kept so cool I would have laid hands on somebody fr
I'm extremely disgusted as a Sudanese, this must never happen to our boys regardless of what religion, children must be protected by all cost this is permanent trauma to these kids, these wicked men must be given maximum punishment with a quick court process.
I can’t believe there is so much evil in this world. These poor children deserve better and I haven’t even watch the video yet.
I'm crying like a baby for those children right now. Thank BBC and you the Investigative Journalist for the coverage. These Malams/teachers are criminals, heartless, and soulless that do not care about children, and they are children and People's abusers.
OMG!!! I want to stop watching, but I can't, because I hope there's justice at the end!!!
I just don't get this at all... it's just cruelty.
This killed my heart! I wish I could rescue them all and give them better lives .
Wow. This channel is a true eye opener and very heart wrenching! The pain in that boys eyes tell you what he can’t say! The horrors of reality.
This is quite disheartening as these are young boys who have been letdown by their society. We need to ask ourselves what kind of men are we raising up. Men who are broken will only raise broken families and less than ideal societies. I hope things will change in the Sudan for the sake of their future.
Yes, its easy to see how angry religious radicals and terrorists are produced
Well all the Muslim women are oppressed and beaten everyday so what did you expect? The women who create life are treated like animals , cattle.
God intervened, he was tried, found guilty and his judgement was death, may all involved in this wickedness suffer the same fate.
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Thanks for the feedback
They are gay men.....in hiding pretending to help poor children/boys are their speciality.... God help us all😏
Wishful thinking. He had a car accident - not the invisible hand of god swooping down to punish him . Why would god sit back and allow countless children to suffer ? To continue suffering in chains of all he had to do was swoop down and stop the torturers? After you pray ? Please get up and take action !
Talk of Al shaabab,Boko Haram,then this Khalwas...what's wrong wth Islam?
That mother that settled should be in jail. The disbelief of how her attitude is when asked why she settled
Heartbreaking, shame on you Sudan authority! 😠 Justice for victims
Thanks for exposing the schools,my qstn is,Do you show your documentary in the villages to show them what happens to their children?
I'm sure they know just from word of mouth.
As BBC Africa says, “nothing stays hidden forever”
I'd like to go chill on the "south side" 🇸🇩 Sudan. I have a very nice friend from Sudan. Much love to to you all. This however, is ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING what they are doing to these poor little children😭 The parents need to be jailed as well. That boy should've taken all the 40,000 money instead of that disgraceful mother taking it and just started his own life FAR AWAY from his messed up family. This is beyond evil!!
If there's anything I've sadly come to realise,regardless of race,ethnicity.There are some really evil beings in this world.From Kenya.
Schools? This seems more like hell.
I'll never complain ab school again
How as a parent do you get brain washed by anyone regardless of whatever conviction to let such atrocities happen to your child.
Parents are the first line of defence and protection for children BEFORE ANY RELIGION or STATE.
They are brainwashed to be Muslim, none of them choose their religion, they are born into it and assaulted if they try to renounce it.
What kind of parent doesn't believe their child over someone else. My children are my world, I will always take their word over anyone else, always.
Please keep more of these videos coming
Ok I lasted 54 seconds. Hearing those slaps and the child screaming was enough for me.
It's 2020 how the hell is this shit actually happening!!!!
In Africa this is the tip of the ice burg.
Welcome to most of the world.
Islam =The blood Thristy beast within.
Only Islam Unlishes true Evil among it's subjects followers believers act.
The same way it has happened in all places at all times throughout history.
the injury decrption stated to make me faint
Against the Quran? Give me one ayat in Quran that said to chain people.
None.
www.answering-islam.org/Authors/Arlandson/torture.htm "The executioner appointed by Zayd "tied each of her legs with a rope and tied the ropes to camels, and they split her in two." (Tabari)"
@@MsBhappy site can't be reached
Exactly!
Wallahi. That's so sad!
If someone do that to my son, I will definitely be in jail or hospital 😥 how could you do that to a child, I grew up in Africa and got sticks in school too but not that way it's too harsh and inhumane
THIS HURTS MY HEART ..😔I PRAY FOR THEM
These “schools” are in Senegal too but I have never seen or heard of abuse to this extent. When I asked a family member of mine “Why is it that the government cannot enforce a ban against these “schools” or introduce some kind of surveillance/laws that will regulate how things are done?” The response was simply that this is so deeply rooted in our culture/society, whomever was to try to speak against these religious leaders will suffer severe consequences.
@Luqman Osman but you want Arab culture?
These schools are everywhere and in all countries legal and illegally.
@Allen Anderson www.bishop-accountability.org/AbuseTracker/
@@mscris503 No way would this happen in western countries. If the cops or child services saw kids being chained up and scars all over the body, they would be shut down immediately and the teachers would be charged with crimes.
Thats the difference between the west and Islamic countries. Authorities will act in western countries., in Islamic countries authorities will not act because they are part of the same religious system, and there is a lot of fear, threats and intimidation in Islam.
Your right, I've never heard of these schools in better developed countries, but it's not to say that the abuse is everywhere, just not to that extent, but we deal with more of the parents who do the most harm to their own children.
why would you bring a child into this world, just to send him to a place like that?
Freedom. What a great gift..
A wonderful moving life
Document....🌺❣
Thank you BBC News for bringing light to this horrible place. Hope the young men recover quickly.
I have to commend this fine journalist for being so brave in confronting the sheikhs and trying his best to get the authorities to take action. The most disappointing thing is the almost fingers-in-the-ear attitude of the authorities who have the power to shut these places down. They weren't at all interested in his evidence.
Me I blame the ignorance of the family how do you as a parent your child tells you that they are being mistreated and you don't believe.
They do it it hopes of a better lifefor their kids. False hope
Religion is how, they are afraid because of the intense brainwashing they themselves went through as a child
Most african parents don't listen sometimes
It is so shameful the parents ignored their kids saying they were being mistreated. they wanna cry how horrible it is, and they're so shocked and justice must be delivered. They need to have justice brought against them, in some fashion, because they left their kids there, and chose not to believe their kids who spoke up.
Among the Saddest documentary I've ever watched
I don't understand why any sensible person would send a child to be raised by total strangers at such young ages. This is insane.
Culture, is called culture. And it's all about it.
So so so sad for children.... Great work by bbc team bring such stories to light
I can't stop crying when I see how they're punishing the innocent children 😢😭 but I ask my self why does parents allow there children to be killed like that
BBC Africa thanks for this noble cause.
The parent at 09:12 is not serious. So after reading and hearing all these stories, he still proceeded to take his son to one of these khalwas. FFS 🙄
You never believe it until it happens to you
He was aware it happens but didn't think it was that close to home. Majority of these people are poor and it's the only chance to give their kids an education.
Bro even the rape charges weren't enough to scare the parents
My heart is heavy after watching this.
This is horrific! Please help these children!
Just imagine treating your Own brother like that , unbelievable