Help Abuse Victim Escape Pakistan
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My name is Lara Hall I am an Australian citizen who came to Pakistan circa four months ago. I came here to attend a wedding and to better get to know a man named Sajjad and his family that I had known for six years and thought I trusted. When I arrived things changed and I realized that these people were cruel.
According to my documents I was only allowed to stay for a one month visit. Shortly after arriving my documents were taken from me. Things changed gradually. I was subject to incredible abuse: extreme verbal, emotional and psychological abuse from various family members, sexually harassed by two family members, starved for 12 to 14 hours for days, and bullied.
I was held against my will for over three months, confined to one room and only to be allowed out on under strict supervision. It was a violently loud, threatening and fear-inducing environment.
After months of exhausting all my futile attempts to seek help from the Australian High Commission Islamabad and the Australian Emergency Consulate in Canberra. I felt out of choices.
I managed to recover my passport from the family and hid it.
The situation had escalated to the point where I was finally issued with a death threat. I locked myself in my room and called the police. I was rescued by twenty to thirty armed officers who stormed the building.
I was set free only to realize that I was about to be blacklisted and sent to a Pakistani jail because I had overstayed on my visa so significantly because of being held against my will.
I quickly mobilized and I arrived at the Islamabad Interior Ministry from Lahore one day shy of being black listed and by the grace of God was granted a 30 day final extension to leave the Pakistan.
I need your help. I have accrued massive overstay fines and I need money to assist in getting to a safe haven. I am in a tough financial situation. Even most of my clothes and belongings were locked away by the family.
My finiancial needs are as follows: It is really important for me to get my $400 USD over stay fee covered, and I need around $1600 USD for airfare. I also need money for safe lodging, clothes, food as I am stripped from these resources. Any extra relocation/travel costs might be incurred. I also pay off my debt to those who have come to my help. My health also required special attention so I need to cover some basic food and medical expenses as I get back to safety. I need a total of around $4000 within two weeks for relocation and rehabilitation.
I do not have any supportive and dependable family members and the Australian Consulate in Canberra and the Australian High Commission in Islamabad have repeatedly ignored my cries for help.
I'm am relatively safe at the moment but still under consistent threat from Sajjad's family.
I need your donations to escape to a safe destination.
I am increasingly suffering post traumatic stress and struggling emotionally from the abuse. I need to go back to safety.
If I cannot get out of Pakistan within the aforementioned period, I will be black listed and go to a Pakistani jail. I am really scared as to how much more burden I can bear.
Please donate to my go fund me campaign and donate whatever you can.
According to my documents I was only allowed to stay for a one month visit. Shortly after arriving my documents were taken from me. Things changed gradually. I was subject to incredible abuse: extreme verbal, emotional and psychological abuse from various family members, sexually harassed by two family members, starved for 12 to 14 hours for days, and bullied.
I was held against my will for over three months, confined to one room and only to be allowed out on under strict supervision. It was a violently loud, threatening and fear-inducing environment.
After months of exhausting all my futile attempts to seek help from the Australian High Commission Islamabad and the Australian Emergency Consulate in Canberra. I felt out of choices.
I managed to recover my passport from the family and hid it.
The situation had escalated to the point where I was finally issued with a death threat. I locked myself in my room and called the police. I was rescued by twenty to thirty armed officers who stormed the building.
I was set free only to realize that I was about to be blacklisted and sent to a Pakistani jail because I had overstayed on my visa so significantly because of being held against my will.
I quickly mobilized and I arrived at the Islamabad Interior Ministry from Lahore one day shy of being black listed and by the grace of God was granted a 30 day final extension to leave the Pakistan.
I need your help. I have accrued massive overstay fines and I need money to assist in getting to a safe haven. I am in a tough financial situation. Even most of my clothes and belongings were locked away by the family.
My finiancial needs are as follows: It is really important for me to get my $400 USD over stay fee covered, and I need around $1600 USD for airfare. I also need money for safe lodging, clothes, food as I am stripped from these resources. Any extra relocation/travel costs might be incurred. I also pay off my debt to those who have come to my help. My health also required special attention so I need to cover some basic food and medical expenses as I get back to safety. I need a total of around $4000 within two weeks for relocation and rehabilitation.
I do not have any supportive and dependable family members and the Australian Consulate in Canberra and the Australian High Commission in Islamabad have repeatedly ignored my cries for help.
I'm am relatively safe at the moment but still under consistent threat from Sajjad's family.
I need your donations to escape to a safe destination.
I am increasingly suffering post traumatic stress and struggling emotionally from the abuse. I need to go back to safety.
If I cannot get out of Pakistan within the aforementioned period, I will be black listed and go to a Pakistani jail. I am really scared as to how much more burden I can bear.
Please donate to my go fund me campaign and donate whatever you can.
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