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2004-08-08 Afghanistan/South Asia

Five get life for kidnapping child to use as camel jockey

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Posted by TS(vice girl) 2004-08-08 4:38:29 PM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Intentional malnutrition and starvation, physical and sexual abuse, child labor, extremely dangerous work conditions ... all of these grotesque crimes are part and parcel of the camel jockey trade. It is a dirty secret of the Arab world and needs the glaring spotlight of global attention focused upon it.

The work of a camel jockey is no holiday. Away from their parents, in a foreign country with no legal status, the children have no one to protect them. They must exercise the camels seven days a week in heat that even the local people shelter from. There is no choice about whether to work on the camels or not. A beating or two and a couple of days without food convinces them all. There is nowhere to run to. Many of the children are told a story about being unwanted and being sold by their parents into slavery, just in case they were considering trying to get home. Before the camel races the children go without food, not as a punishment, but to keep their weight down so the camels will run faster. The children receive no schooling and grow up without even knowing the country of their birth.

Posted by Zenster 2004-08-08 4:51:07 PM|| 2004-08-08 4:51:07 PM|| Front Page Top

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