Slave Trading - Sudan

April 1999
We look at Sudan, one of the most notorious slave states. Here slavery is widely used as a weapon of war by the Muslim north against the Christian and animist south.

In the ruins of a burnt-out village, lie the heaped, rotting bodies of slaves who tried to escape the northern raiders who stalk the southern Sudan. Slaving here has killed thousands of people; the survivors have horrific tales to tell. Matihiane and her children were captured a year ago. They were marched for 10 days, given food mixed with sand and urine, beaten if they slowed and sent to work. On arriving with her new master, he forcibly circumcised her. Such inhumanity has led many to come to the aid of the southern Sudanese. Baroness Cox, is the most controversial. Sitting with the slavers in the shade of a tree, she exchanges greetings and begins to barter for the human booty. Today, $325,000 changes hands for the freedom of 325 slaves. While her solution offers immediate salvation for the few, it could also be responsible for the rising number of slave raids. The UN and other humanitarian agencies will not work with her. She though is adamant; "It would go on whether we were here or not...it isn't going to change the war." Even for the slaves she frees though, liberty comes with no guarantees. The only thing that can buy their peace of mind is an end to the war.

Produced by ABC Australia
Distributed by Journeyman Pictures

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[abusabaya1925]

IF A NON MUSLIM NATION REFUSES TO ADOPT ISLAM OR PAY THE JIZYA PROTECTION/SUBJUGATION TAX, THAT POPULATION IS CONSIDERED TO BE AT WAR WITH MUSLIM UMMAH AND THEREFORE IT BECOMES LEGAL UNDER ISLAMIC LAW TO TAKE PLACE FROM THATNON MUSLIM POPULATION. That is one of the principles of the DEMONIC ISLAM RELIGION. Islam promotes kidnapping. That is why kidnapping has been practiced by all muslims all over the world, like the Sulu-Mindanao moros, Algerian Barbary pirates and practically all muslims.

[gholy5]

theres just too many people to save in this world and not nearly enough willing people to become saviours and not nearly enough resources to even make a dent

[paconot]

Is there a diplomatic or economic answer to this slave trade cycle? What resources does the Sudan have that can be exploited and used to help these people?

[georgel19841]

Sudan ,the us south

[PrettyAmina101]

@zorreta

Heartless bitch ur so selfish

[ritchloui]

For a while I thought this was about helping the situation. But giving HUGE sums of money to the slavers is NOT the way forward. This is insane.

[zoretta1]

Why are you taking care of other peoples slaves?

[smellcaster]

@nexttvmarketing Uuuhhh, really ? well, whoever G-Zero-D is, i heard so much of him that i no longer belive in it. This has nothing to do with all this religious Bullshit, it's all about Money and Wealth for the Slavetraders. Who is Satan ? or what ? Just an excuse for all the bad things that happen. WE create the World we live in.

Do what you want is the whole law so don't complain if the Result is not what You wanted. If You've done something you regret you've broken the Law

[phoenix1916]

@khalilahinjapan LOL remember the American civil war, didnt u bring the slaves over for ur own pleasure???

[khalilahinjapan]

fuckin shit muslim arabs... this is just horrible. and they come to my country the usa screaming equality when they still have slaves.