{"id":30279,"date":"2016-11-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/refugee-speaks-out-against-domestic-violence\/"},"modified":"2016-11-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T00:00:00","slug":"refugee-speaks-out-against-domestic-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/refugee-speaks-out-against-domestic-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI\u2019m not dying\u201d &#8212; refugee speaks out against domestic violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Khadija Gbla tells how she escaped war-torn Sierra Leone, only to find herself in an abusive relationship.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cLike most refugees my family came to Australia looking for a better life,\u201d Khadija told FIVEAA brekky. \u201cHaving had war and lost most of our family members we had no choice. We were just so grateful that Australia had taken us in. We came to Australia with a lot of hopes and dreams of a better life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately for me, later on in life I found out that living in a domestic violence relationship for seven years took away that better life I had hoped for myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>LISTEN HERE:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/294645101&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Khadija said she would \u201cwalk on egg shells\u201d, never knowing when the hitting or shouting would start\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m like, bloody hell, I didn\u2019t come to Australia for this nonsense. I came to Australia for a wonderful life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf bombs and guns didn\u2019t kill me, I\u2019m not dying at the hands of a man. 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