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Asylum Speakers Podcast with Jaz O'Hara: Stories of Migration
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6. Fatmata Episode 6: What Happens Next...
32:08||Season 9, Ep. 6In the final episode of FATMATA, Abu and the Second Tree team return to courtroom to hear the verdict in the trial of Igor Markov...But Fatmata’s story does not end in the courtroom.We look at the wider reality of border violence across Europe, and the people who are still losing their lives in the search for safety. We follow what happened to Abu and Fatmata’s family after the trial, and the fight to keep her memory, and her name, alive....And two years later, there’s a new development in the case...Whilst this might be the final episode of FATMATA, Fatmata’s story continues on.To support the show: https://www.patreon.com/asylumspeakersInstagram: www.instagram.com/asylum_speakersWebsite: www.asylumspeakers.comTo find out more about:Second Tree: https://secondtree.org/Collective Aid: https://www.collectiveaidngo.org/The Fatmata Foundation: Coming SoonTo find out more about what is happens across Balkan Routes:4D Database & ERIM research - Marijana Hamersak - https://4dtrail.wordpress.com/Europe Nameless Dead Investigation - https://www.lighthousereports.com/investigation/europes-nameless-dead/Border graves investigation - https://unbiasthenews.org/border-graves-investigation/
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5. Fatmata Episode 5: The Trial
40:18||Season 9, Ep. 5In the fifth episode of FATMATA, we finally take policeman Igor Markov to trial.We travel to the criminal court of Skopje - North Macedonia's capital, to join Abu, his lawyer, and members of the Second Tree team for the final hearing of this unprecedented case. For the first time since Fatmata was killed, Abu comes face to face with the policeman who shot her. After thirteen hearings spanning nine months, the trial comes to an end, and Abu is given one final opportunity to address the court.In this episode we hear about the long road to court, the evidence presented throughout the trial, and the extraordinary challenges of seeking justice across borders... but before the verdict is delivered, one question remains: what does justice look like for those too often left unprotected by the law?To support the show: https://www.patreon.com/asylumspeakersInstagram: www.instagram.com/asylum_speakersWebsite: www.asylumspeakers.comTo find out more about Second Tree: https://secondtree.org/
4. Fatmata Episode 4: Bringing Fatmata Home
32:00||Season 9, Ep. 4In the fourth episode of FATMATA, the focus turns to bringing Fatmata home. As Abu and the Second Tree team work to locate her body and navigate a system marked by bureaucracy, corruption and uncertainty, they face extraordinary challenges to honour her final journey. Through the voices of those who stood alongside Abu in this process, we follow Fatmata's repatriation from North Macedonia to Sierra Leone, and join her family as they finally lay her to rest. This is the story of reuniting Fatmata with her family - while recognising that countless others never get the chance to say goodbye.To support the show: https://www.patreon.com/asylumspeakersInstagram: www.instagram.com/asylum_speakersWebsite: www.asylumspeakers.comTo find out more about Second Tree: https://secondtree.org/
3. Fatmata Episode 3: The Day it Happened
29:58||Season 9, Ep. 3In the third episode of FATMATA, everything changes.As Fatmata and Abu leave Greece in search of safety, they begin the journey north through the Balkans. But as they cross into North Macedonia, they find themselves caught in an ambush by border police that will change their lives forever.Through the testimony of Abu and those closest to him, we piece together the events of that night and the days that followed - from the immediate aftermath of Fatmata's death, to Abu's decision to remain in North Macedonia and fight for justice against the odds.This is the story of the night Fatmata died.To support the show: https://www.patreon.com/asylumspeakersInstagram: www.instagram.com/asylum_speakersWebsite: www.asylumspeakers.comTo find out more about Second Tree: https://secondtree.org/
2. Fatmata Episode 2: Greece
25:26||Season 9, Ep. 2In the second episode of FATMATA, we travel to Greece, where Fatmata and Abu first arrive in Europe.Through conversations with the volunteers who came to know them during their time there, we begin to understand life inside Greek refugee camps, the friendships they formed, and the moments of joy they found during these ten months of waiting.But after several rejections of their asylum claims, it because clear that they would not be able to stay in Greece. In this episode, we follow the decisions that would lead them to leave Greece, and continue their journey north.To support the show: https://www.patreon.com/asylumspeakersInstagram: www.instagram.com/asylum_speakerswww.asylumspeakers.comTo find out more about Second Tree: https://secondtree.org/
1. Fatmata Episode 1: Sierra Leone
22:41||Season 9, Ep. 1In the first episode of FATMATA, we travel to Freetown, Sierra Leone, to meet the couple at the heart of this story.Through conversations with her husband, Abu Bakar, her sisters, her mother, and those who knew her best, we begin to get to know the remarkable Fatmata Kamara - or Fatima, as she was known to her family and friends.Fatmata left a lasting impression on everyone she met, so what led a young woman with so much love around her to leave everything she knew behind? In this episode, we begin to understand the decisions that would take her thousands of miles from home, on a journey from which she would never return. To support the show: https://www.patreon.com/asylumspeakersInstagram: www.instagram.com/asylum_speakerswww.asylumspeakers.com
Fatmata: The Trailer
02:20||Season 9On 19 April 2023, a young woman was shot and killed by a policeman at the border between Greece and North Macedonia. Her name was Fatmata Kamara, known to her friends and family as Fatima. She was 23 years old. She died that night in the arms of her husband, Abu Bakar.Her death barely made the news.Her story raises many important questions… Who was Fatmata, and what really happened that night? Why did her death pass with so little attention? What does it say about whose lives are most valued, who is protected by the law—and who is not? And in the end… what does justice look like for those she left behind?This is FATMATA: A new season of the Asylum Speakers Podcast.Launching on World Refugee Day.Listen wherever you get your podcasts.To support the show: https://www.patreon.com/asylumspeakers#Fatmata #AsylumSpeakers #WorldRefugeeDay #Podcast #Refugees #Migration #HumanRights #borders