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The Sinai Slave Trade

The Sinai Slave Trade


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Ian B.
started this petition to
Interim Egyptian President Adly Mansour, Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim, Field Marshal Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Nine months pregnant and in chains, Haben's* torturers beat her ruthlessly demanding a $35,000 ransom from her husband. She gave birth in shackles, beside other terrified captives , with only rusty metal to cut the umbilical cord. It's unbelievable that this is happening in 2014!

Amazingly Haben survived -- but she is one of thousands of East Africans who have been abducted by criminal trafficking rings, and tortured in Egypt’s Sinai until their desperate families pay huge ransoms for their freedom. If we can show Egypt’s leaders that this dirty secret is out and damaging the Sinai’s tourism reputation as the ‘Red Sea Riviera’, they could break the trafficking rings, and free these slaves.

Every hour these men, women and children are in captivity is an hour too long. Sign the urgent petition now and forward it to everyone. When we reach 1 million signers, Avaaz will raise a massive media storm to pressure Egypt to act.

*Haben is a pseudonym, but her story is real.
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