{"id":8098,"date":"2014-11-24T15:17:54","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T15:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/11\/24\/grooming-victim-speaks-out\/"},"modified":"2016-01-07T14:50:37","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T14:50:37","slug":"grooming-victim-speaks-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2014\/11\/24\/grooming-victim-speaks-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Grooming Victim Speaks Out"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Teenager Reveals Abuse by Yorkshire Gang<\/h3>\n

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\nAt age 13, Lubna (not her real name), met a gang of men at a local shisha bar who she befriended. Some of them lying about their ages, the men plied the teenager with alcohol and drugs, including cannabis. <\/p>\n


\nUnaware of what was happening to her she felt isolated and thought they \u201ccared about her\u201d.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThey asked me to wear clothes that would show my figure and different parts of my body,\u201d said Lubna, their requests contradicting her religious beliefs as a Muslim. However Lubna feared for her family\u2019s life if she tried to escape, \u201cI thought they might come to my home and break the windows – even kill someone.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nFeeling \u201cworthless\u201d, Lubna began to self harm, \u201cI was punching walls. Then I found a knife in the kitchen drawer and cut my arms. I thought the pain felt good,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n


\nAfter two overdoses and being admitted to the hospital, Lubna\u2019s father Mushtaq took action. He discovered many young men were friends with her on Facebook, they would often collect her from home in their cars. He confiscated her phone stating, \u201cI went through it speaking to all her male contacts to find out who they were.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nCampaigners argue that Asian victims of sexual abuse are often coerced into remaining silent to protect family \u2018honour\u2019. It is reportedly a nationwide problem that is vastly under-reported.<\/p>\n


\nFounding member of Karma Nirvana, Jaswinder Sanghera, helps women and men who are subjected to “honour-based abuse”. She says, \u201cAsian women are deliberately targeted because men know they won’t come forward [to complain]. So they can be exploited and abused.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nSheffield City Council revealed that 20% of the referrals they dealt with in 2013 came from young people from BME (black and minority ethnic) backgrounds.<\/p>\n


\nSue Fiennes of Sheffield Safeguarding Children Board told the BBC, \u201cWe are engaging with the community about the issues and we offer intensive support to victims of CSE [child sexual exploitation] regardless of their race and ethnicity.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nLubna\u2019s father agreed there was a taboo surrounding the sexual abuse and believes the community should do more to help rather than \u201cbrush it under the carpet\u201d.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThere’s nothing in our religion that says you can’t speak out about a crime,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n


\nLubna is getting her life back again thanks to her father by undergoing counselling and returning to college. She offered advice to other victims, \u201cI would tell other teenagers to listen to their parents because they know best.\u201d <\/p>\n


\nNo one has been prosecuted so far.
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