Barat Ali Batoor: My desperate journey with a human smuggler
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Barat Ali Batoor, an award-winning photojournalist, is a member of the Hazara people. He is based in Australia. Full bio
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of my people is Afghanistan.
of other Hazara kids,
çocuk gibi
and operation against the Hazaras
ve uygulamalar
terk etmeye mecbur etti.
going back to the late 1800s,
the Hazara population.
yok etti.
for neighboring Iran and Pakistan.
İran ve Pakistan'a sığındı.
attack on the Twin Towers,
with foreign journalists.
working as an interpreter.
ardıl tercüman olarak çalışıyordum.
to move to Afghanistan permanently,
güvenli olduğunu hissettim.
as a documentary photographer,
stories that I did
en önemli konulardan biri
an appalling tradition.
trajik bir hikaye bu.
dancing for warlords
aşiret ağaları ve toplumdaki
dans etmesini içeriyor.
or bought from their poor parents,
satın alınıyor ya da alıkonuluyorlar
Kabul'de kaçırılmış.
for the warlord and his friends.
başka bir vilayete götürülmüş.
in the Washington Post,
Washington Post'da yayınlandığında
zorlandığı gibi.
I returned back to Quetta.
dramatically since I left in 2005.
bir cennet olan yer
dangerous city in Pakistan.
dönüşmüştü.
educationally, and financially.
was ambushed by terrorists in Quetta.
pusuya düşürüldüğünde yaralandı.
would only get worse,
hep daha kötüye gitti,
that many wanted to flee.
kaçmak istemesi sürpriz değildi.
population of Hazaras in the world.
olarak göründü.
ülkeyi terk edebilirdi
at my destination safely,
of my family to join me later.
olduğunun farkındaydık, üstelik
kaybetmiş bir sürü insanla tanıştım.
who lost loved ones at sea.
çok ciddi bir karardı
to leave everything behind,
to simply fly to Australia,
less than 24 hours.
oradan Endonezya'ya gitmek
to Malaysia and into Indonesia,
para ödemek,
sığınmacı grubuna katıldım.
of seven asylum seekers.
left for the perilous journey,
haberini aldık.
in the sea en route to Christmas Island.
ve Shabbir'in de
Nawroz, Jaffar and Shabbir --
sonucuna vardım.
no other choice but to go on.
from the people smuggler
to commence our sea journey.
that was already overloaded.
the weather turned.
and the timbers groaned.
praying, recalling their loved ones.
from those Hollywood movies
is breaking apart
like a matchbox on the water
than the motor pumps could take it out.
of any passing boat.
by waving our life jackets and whistling.
whatever I had documented.
as we argued over what to do next.
the night on the beach,
to Indonesian water police.
and furtively strip-searched us.
be able to escape,
checking their movements,
when they sat around a fire,
from an outside facing window
that was topped with the shards of glass.
with the pictures and footage.
on SBS Dateline,
about my situation,
any other boat to risk my life.
and process my case through UNHCR,
that I would end up in Indonesia
and unable to work,
a little bit different with me.
my case through UNHCR,
in Australia in May 2013.
with an uncertain fate, in limbo.
and then presented to the people.
of other Hazaras
in their countries of origin,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Barat Ali Batoor - PhotojournalistBarat Ali Batoor, an award-winning photojournalist, is a member of the Hazara people. He is based in Australia.
Why you should listen
Barat Ali Batoor is a member of the Hazara ethnic group, once from Afghanistan, then driven into Pakistan. He started work as a photographer in 2002, documenting his people's ancestral home of Afghanistan. His photos have appeared in the Washington Post, Newsweek, the Wall Street Journal, Stern and many other publications. He held his first solo exhibition in 2007, and has been exhibited around the world.
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