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From: Freedom Now World News
Widespread Gang-Rape of Boy Slaves, By Maria Sliwa, Sudan, July 15, 2002:
During a recent fact finding trip to Southern Sudan,Freedom Now World News discovered overwhelming evidence that young black, boy slaves are repeatedly gang-raped by their Arab masters. While previous reports on slavery have focused mainly on the gang-rape of female slaves, sociologist and investigative reporter, Maria Sliwa received testimony from numerous boy victims of rape.
"This type of sex is very strange to us," said recently redeemed slave Deng
Deng. I witnessed this often. If you refuse [sex], sometimes they would shoot you."
Deng Deng is a Christian who said that as a slave he was often beaten because he would not convert to Islam. Another recently freed boy slave, Deng Ayuel testified:
"I watched the Arabs rape my two sisters and I watched many slave boys being
raped as well........................I too was raped many times by my master and his
Arab friends."
Perhaps the most graphic account of male rape was given by the freed slave
Aleek Mach Deng:
"I watched my master Mohammed and four Murahaleen Arabs violently gang-rape
a young Dinka slave boy.The boy was screaming and crying a lot.................... I was very frightened, and knew I was likely next. Suddenly the boy's screams stopped as he went completely unconscious. My master took him to the hospital. I never saw him again." Many of the redeemed slaves told Sliwa that in order to avoid rape, male slaves would try to escape but were hunted down like animals by their masters.
The punishment for resisting rape is often severe beatings, death or limb
amputation. Sliwa noted that the knowledge of male slave rape is widespread and has come to the attention of community leaders in Southern Sudan.
"Many of the freed male slaves come to the chiefs and tell us they were
repeatedly raped by their Arab captors," said Nhial Chan Nhial, Paramount
Chief of Akon. "This affects their minds badly. They are subject to fits of
crying, mental problems and are often unable to marry later on in life."
Yet, in the ongoing genocidal Sudanese civil war, most are helpless to do
anything.
International law recognizes both slavery and rape in the context of armed
conflict as crimes against humanity.
Freedom Now World News is calling on the U.S. Government to investigate this
aspect of the Government of Sudan's declared jihad against the Black Africans of Southern Sudan and press for the establishment of an International Criminal Tribunal for Sudan.
* Translations reviewed by Francis Bok for accuracy
Widespread Gang-Rape of Boy Slaves, By Maria Sliwa, Sudan, July 15, 2002:
During a recent fact finding trip to Southern Sudan,Freedom Now World News discovered overwhelming evidence that young black, boy slaves are repeatedly gang-raped by their Arab masters. While previous reports on slavery have focused mainly on the gang-rape of female slaves, sociologist and investigative reporter, Maria Sliwa received testimony from numerous boy victims of rape.
"This type of sex is very strange to us," said recently redeemed slave Deng
Deng. I witnessed this often. If you refuse [sex], sometimes they would shoot you."
Deng Deng is a Christian who said that as a slave he was often beaten because he would not convert to Islam. Another recently freed boy slave, Deng Ayuel testified:
"I watched the Arabs rape my two sisters and I watched many slave boys being
raped as well........................I too was raped many times by my master and his
Arab friends."
Perhaps the most graphic account of male rape was given by the freed slave
Aleek Mach Deng:
"I watched my master Mohammed and four Murahaleen Arabs violently gang-rape
a young Dinka slave boy.The boy was screaming and crying a lot.................... I was very frightened, and knew I was likely next. Suddenly the boy's screams stopped as he went completely unconscious. My master took him to the hospital. I never saw him again." Many of the redeemed slaves told Sliwa that in order to avoid rape, male slaves would try to escape but were hunted down like animals by their masters.
The punishment for resisting rape is often severe beatings, death or limb
amputation. Sliwa noted that the knowledge of male slave rape is widespread and has come to the attention of community leaders in Southern Sudan.
"Many of the freed male slaves come to the chiefs and tell us they were
repeatedly raped by their Arab captors," said Nhial Chan Nhial, Paramount
Chief of Akon. "This affects their minds badly. They are subject to fits of
crying, mental problems and are often unable to marry later on in life."
Yet, in the ongoing genocidal Sudanese civil war, most are helpless to do
anything.
International law recognizes both slavery and rape in the context of armed
conflict as crimes against humanity.
Freedom Now World News is calling on the U.S. Government to investigate this
aspect of the Government of Sudan's declared jihad against the Black Africans of Southern Sudan and press for the establishment of an International Criminal Tribunal for Sudan.
* Translations reviewed by Francis Bok for accuracy
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