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Slavery is not history

iAbolish is collecting signatures for a petition to as the US Government to Create a Task Force to Eradicate Slavery in Sudan. Some disturbing statistics from Christian Solidarity International:

Based on interviews with 1,306 freed male and female slaves over the age of eleven:
Forced labor 95.5%
Frequent beatings 95.7%
Racial insults 95.8%
Forced conversion to Islam 59.6%
Based on interviews with 1,025 female slaves over the age of eleven:
Rape 69.7%
Gang rape 59.4%
Genital mutilation 33.5%
Based on interviews with 281 boy slaves over the age of eleven:
Rape 6.0%

And these are just statistics from those who have been lucky enough to escape or be freed. Thousands of Sudanese are still being held as slaves, with the approval and assistance of the Sudanese government (such as it is).

Please sign the petition.

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