Tara (nickname), a British citizen, had to stay with her violent partner during the lockdown, but she is happy that this lockdown helped her understand that this violent person needed to be rescued forever.
The Refuge, the governing body of the UK's National Domestic Violence Helpline, says it has received hundreds of complaints in the last two weeks, up 25 percent from the week before.
The charity Refugees says domestic violence during the Cove 19 epidemic is on the rise and people have no way to escape.
Tara told the BBC that she had been experiencing mental and physical violence from her partner for the past month. She said her partner had taken a new approach to the violence and banned her from meeting her family and friends, saying she was cheating on them.
He said his partner deleted his social media accounts and prevented him from meeting family and friends.
Tara says his partner was subjecting him to mental and physical violence, and after the lockdown, it increased dramatically.
She says that her situation was so bad that she didn't care whether she would wake up the next day or not because she was well aware of what the next day would be like. She wanted these days to pass fast.
"When he woke up, he would freak out with me and when I responded to the turn he would come down to physical violence."
The star has now taken refuge.
Statistics from the National Domestic Abuse Help website in the UK show that requests for assistance to domestic violence cases have increased by 150% in the past week.
Rachel Williams, an activist working against domestic violence, believes domestic violence and possibly death will increase if Lockdown's current situation persists.
Sandra Hurley, chief executive of Refuge, says that victims of violence are already using 'social isolation' as a weapon.
He said that in England and Wales last year, sixteen million women experienced domestic violence and in this lockdown women and children will be forced to live with violent people, which will increase the incidence of domestic violence. ۔
Sandra Holly said that domestic violence is not just physical violence but it has many forms, including emotional, economic, psychological and sexual violence.
Rachel Williams suffered her husband's torture for eighteen years and when her husband found out she was leaving, he tortured her with a gunshot.
Rachel Williams says she feels domestic violence will increase dramatically during lockdown.
He said that the perpetrators of violence cannot be stopped until they are exposed. "We cannot end domestic violence and this global outbreak is on our heads."
Police have urged men and women that if any violence is becoming abusive during lockdown, they should report it to the relevant agencies.
The deputy chief of the West Midlands Police said he would try to get the victims out of the house.
Not only are victims of violence during lockdown forced to live with violent people, but they cannot report it because they too may be subjected to violence.
The National Domestic Helpline has provided reports on the Web site to help such people.
After reporting a violent incident on the website, they can leave the site immediately and if the violent person tries to find out that the incident has been reported, they will not be able to find out.
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