Isn't that like saying there's help for victims of rape. the help is there if you want it. we can't force you to take the help?
What about giving the message that forced marriages in this country are not tolerated to the parents. neither is beating the child if she disagrees with the forced marriage? or do we give the leaflet to the victim to pass on to her parents?
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"They put you in a room on your own, I don't get any food, or any water, and I have to just sit there and wait to die or kill myself."
To aid the process, a gun, a knife, and pills were left in the room, along with a can of petrol and a box of matches. In her view, Reviva says it would have amounted to murder, not suicide, should she have decided to killed herself.
"But I wasn't in a situation where I felt I have to end my life. Even if I was, I wouldn't have done it the way they wanted me to do it."
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If she had her mobile on her. she could have got someone from the charity to talk to her abusers.