Shafia family murders : House of Shafia (2012) - the fifth estate

HOPE. I HAVE NO ONE. AND THAT ALWAYS Clings HERE. YOU ARE MY LAST HOPE. BUT FOR SOME, THE BURDEN OF WHAT WAS NOT DONE IN LIFE IS LIGHTENED BY WHAT THEY HAVE MANAGED TO DO AFTER THEIR DEATHS. DESPITE THREATS FROM SOME IN THE AFGHANISTAN COMMUNITY, LATIF HYDERI WITNESSED AGAINST HIS OWN NIECE, TOOBA. Translator's Voice: IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO FIGHT FOR JUSTICE FOR SOMEONE WHO CANNOT FIGHT FOR THEMSELVES. I TELL THE TRUTH FOR THEM. THEY WERE LABELED BY THEIR FAMILY AS WHORES, THIEVES, AND MISEDUCATED GIRLS. AND THE AFGHAN COMMUNITY ACCEPTED IT. I WANT TO TELL THE AFGHAN COMMUNITY THAT EVERYTHING IS WRONG.

THESE GIRLS DIED FOR NO REASON, FOR DOING NOTHING. (End of Translation) NO ONE KNOWS BETTER THAN TO LOVE. NOT A DAY GOES BY, HE SAYS, WHICH HE DOESN'T THINK ABOUT ZAINAB AND WONDER IF THERE WAS SOMETHING HE COULD HAVE DONE TO SAVE HER. PERHAPS IF I HAD NOT APPROACHED THEM THE FIRST TIME I SAW HER, SHE COULD HAVE STILL BEEN ALIVE. OR EVEN IF I WOULD COME TO HER, IF I HAD DONE CERTAIN THINGS DIFFERENTLY, IF I HAD NOT TOLD HER TO LISTEN TO HER MOM AGAIN AND BELIEVE HER MOM, THINGS WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT. NOW EVERYONE LOOKS BACK AND WONDER IF THEY COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING.

DO YOU FEEL THAT? DO YOU FEEL RESPONSIBLE? SOMETIMES I FEEL GUILTY. OR I FEEL THAT IF I COULD TAKE ONE STEP TO GET HER OUT OF THE HOUSE I SHOULD HAVE COME FARther. I SHOULD HAVE GOT UP MORE. AND I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD HAVE CONFRONTED HIS FATHER AND BROTHER DIRECTLY, WHICH I DIDN'T. MAYBE THEY WOULD HAVE LISTENED, OR MAYBE THEY WOULD HAVE REACTED DIFFERENTLY, WHO KNOWS. AND I DIDN'T WORRY ABOUT THE OUTCOME, HOW THEY WOULD REACT TO ME, BUT SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN ALIVE. ZAINAB AND AMAR WERE MARRIED LESS THAN 24 HOURS BUT HE STILL THINKS OF HER AS HIS WIFE.

MY DREAM WAS TO MARRY YOU, HE TOLD HER IN ONE OF HIS LAST EMES. We had an amazing love story together last time she wrote, said goodbye, best friends for life. THIS IS A PROMISE THAT NO ONE CAN MAKE ME BREAK. AS OF THIS WEEK, MOHAMMAD SHAFIA, HIS WIFE TOOBA, AND HIS SON HAMID HAVE FILED APPEALS AGAINST THEIR SENTENCES OF HER. STAY WITH US, “THE FIFTH POWER” IS BACK. ♪ WELCOME BACK. AND NOW HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT'S COMING IN THE FIFTH ESTATE... I'M LHIN DON MCINTYRE. HIS PAIN WAS UNPLAINLESS. SOMEONE DID YOU A FAVOR, SAID, TRY THIS.

IT WILL MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER. YES. AND HE DID IT? SURE HE DID IT. IT WAS A PILL CALLED OXYCONTIN. THE RELIEF WAS TEMPORARY. THE COST, ENTIRE LIFE. A DOCTOR STARTED TAKING THESE MEDICATIONS FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE PROBLEM WAS THAT DOCTORS WERE SYSTEMATICALLY DECEIVED IN THEIR MEDICAL TRAINING, IN THEIR PRACTICES, BUT MOST OF ALL BY THE DRUG COMPANY THAT IGNORED THE EARLY WARNING SIGNS. THE COMPANY WAS TOLD THAT SOMETHING WAS REALLY GOING WRONG HERE. AND NOW CANADIAN TAXPAYERS PAY THE BILL AT ADDICTION TREATMENT CLINICS NATIONWIDE. WE FACE COMPLICATIONS DAILY. I SEE THE CARNAGE. COMING SOON ABOUT THE FIFTH POWER.

THAT'S OUR PROGRAM FOR THIS WEEK. TO EVERYONE HERE AT THE FIFTH ESTATE, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. WE WILL SEE YOU SOON.