Al Jazeera English - Witness: Lost Boys
Rejecting their community and their faith, young Somali men in London are turning instead to ever more violent forms of street crime. When the so-called “Woolwich Boys” gang fought viciously with a rival grouping, one boy was seriously injured. The boy’s family sought justice – but in a Sharia court composed of Somali clan elders. The accused was found guilty and ordered to pay the victim’s family compensation. Rageh Omaar looks deeper into the story to find out exactly why this generation of British Somali youth is dropping out, underachieving in education and forms the largest ethnic group among juvenile detainees in the prison system.
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Rageh Omaar presents Witness, a half-hour daily documentary series which features short, specially commissioned or acquired films gathered from independent filmmakers.
Each documentary reveals the unknown lives of ordinary people, following their lives, telling their stories and portraying the challenges that confront them. Our witnesses are people in a situation or those who have observed them first hand.
The films cover conflict, belief, the past and the future and as well as bringing new stories to light they showcase the talents of a new breed of multi-skilled, frontline journalist. In the studio, Rageh will further explore the issues raised in the films, with expert guests on the subject matter and the filmmakers themselves.
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