What is the Sudan Governments policy?
The government has repeatedly denied that slavery exists, but under international pressure it set up committees to investigate the question in early 1996. It blames the phenomenon on “tribal conflicts” in which both sides take hostages, and insists these captives are not slaves. Slavery is against the law in Sudan, and only “the white man, decades ago”, took slaves, it says. In practice, the government uses the militias to destroy villages and terrorize entire communities. It turns a blind eye to raiding for captives as “war booty” to be kept in servitude or sold. Some captives become hostages, some become slaves. When families of captives try to get their children back through the courts,the government has not often been helpful. And close to the war zones, few people are brave enough to challenge militia fighters in court. How can the slaves in Sudan be freed? Some escape, some are released by the courts or by inter-tribal negotiation. Some are handed back to their relatives on payme
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