Christian Solidarity International (CSI), based in Zurich, Switzerland, has reported that scores of Black Sudanese slaves are reported missing in the aftermath of a raid by Arab militiamen against a government-run slave detention center in Adila, Southern Darfur on Sunday, June 2.
In a news release, CSI said this news comes from a representative of the British-based charity Save the Children Fund (SCF). The fate of the missing slaves is still unknown. Fears are growing that they may have been killed or abducted.
Speaking to CSI on Friday, June 7, the former Deputy Prime Minister of Sudan, Aldo Ajou Deng, demanded an independent, international inquiry into the fate of the missing slaves, and urged the United Nations to provide adequate protection for slaves held in such government detention centers. Deng also echoed the longstanding appeals of other Southern Sudanese community leaders for the immediate release and return home of the hundreds of slaves remaining in government custody.
The Arab militiamen, Deng speculated, targeted the Adila detention center to remove evidence of their involvement in the Sudanese slave trade, following a damning report issued last month by the U.S.-led international "Eminent Persons" committee for the investigation of slavery in Sudan.
In a news release, CSI said this news comes from a representative of the British-based charity Save the Children Fund (SCF). The fate of the missing slaves is still unknown. Fears are growing that they may have been killed or abducted.
Speaking to CSI on Friday, June 7, the former Deputy Prime Minister of Sudan, Aldo Ajou Deng, demanded an independent, international inquiry into the fate of the missing slaves, and urged the United Nations to provide adequate protection for slaves held in such government detention centers. Deng also echoed the longstanding appeals of other Southern Sudanese community leaders for the immediate release and return home of the hundreds of slaves remaining in government custody.
The Arab militiamen, Deng speculated, targeted the Adila detention center to remove evidence of their involvement in the Sudanese slave trade, following a damning report issued last month by the U.S.-led international "Eminent Persons" committee for the investigation of slavery in Sudan.