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Global Shame: Sex Slavery In The Liberal Age

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 World – OneWorld.net  Protectors Turn Child Predators in Pakistan  Thu Mar 4, 5:31 AM ET 2004  Ahmad Naeem Khan, OneWorld South Asia LAHORE, Mar 4 (OneWorld) – People in Pakistan are protesting against the rise in crimes against children, particularly by policemen, who escape punishment due to official collusion. According to data released by the nongovernmental organization (NGO), Lawyers for Human Rights and Legal Aid (LHRLA), last year 623 children were murdered, 383 raped and 277 sodomized as against 443 murders, 149 rapes and 219 cases of sodomy in 2001. Among the most sensational cases in the recent past was last month’s rape and murder of two minor girls by policemen in the southern port town of Karachi. The decomposed bodies of five-year-old Hajra and Sassi, seven, were found near a Karachi police station on February 23. Reports say when the two children went missing on February 20, the police initially declined to register a case.  Hajra’s father Shabbir Ahmed says he went to the police station many times to lodge a complaint, but the police shooed him away. "We were ignored because we are poor," he protests. The Sindh governor then intervened and issued orders for the arrest of the head of the police station and three other policemen. The governor’s move miraculously produced results.  A case of murder was registered against four policemen. Deputy inspector general of police Mohammad Akbar says seven police officials are being questioned in the double murder. "They are not arrested so far. We have detained them and are grilling them," he points out. But the odds are heavily stacked against an early breakthrough.  The chief of LHRLA, Zia Ahmed Awan, says in most cases where policemen are culpable, their colleagues sabotage investigations, leaving room for the accused to walk. Awan blames the problem on the fact that criminal elements have joined the police force.  Scores of policemen have criminal cases against them. In an expression of public anger, last week thousands of protestors hit the streets of Karachi, stoning police stations to vent their anger. The Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) staged a big demonstration against the killing of the girls in Karachi Wednesday. Sassi’s father, laborer Sher Gul, is devastated. "If policemen, who are supposed to provide security to people, commit such heinous crimes, where should people look for security," he asks. In Islamabad, people demanded the resignation of Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hyat.  Sindhi party, the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM), mourned the deaths on Wednesday.  JSQM chief Bashir Qureshi announced a three-day mourning in the province. But the mourning after, Pakistan remains an unsafe place for children. Earlier this month, 11-year-old Saira was raped and murdered in Karachi.  There was no breakthrough in the case, until the media made a big issue of the shoddy investigation.  This compelled the Inspector General to ask his men to arrest the killers within 48 hours. Finally, an arrested suspect allegedly confessed to the crime. Again, in 2003, a young boy set himself afire after being sodomized by policemen.  According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), the case received considerable publicity, but no decisive action was taken against the criminals. According to LHRLA, in 2003 over 1,000 cases of physical and 826 cases of sexual abuse were reported in the media against children.  There were 66 extremely brutal cases of rape or sodomy in which the girl or boy was also killed subsequently. The data shows 1,087 child abuse cases from the eastern Punjab province, 588 cases in Sindh province, 101 in the North Western Frontier Province (NWFP) and 50 cases in the western Balochistan province. A member of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML-QA) from Sindh, Nisar A. Memon, believes that to rebuild people’s confidence, exemplary punishment should be meted out to those who raped and murdered Sassi and Hajra, especially because the police committed the crime. Many political and religious parties in Pakistan feel the provincial government "has lost control over the police force." Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) accuses the government of safeguarding killers. "It’s a pity that our rulers are protecting such criminals," says the party’s Sindh president Imdad Chandio. But Imtiaz Shaikh, a leader of the ruling PML-QA, says the government will take stern punitive measures against the culprits.  Shaikh, also a provincial minister, assures that the government will rein in the policemen who are misusing powers. The coordinator of the NGO, War Against Rape, Amina Mehwish elaborates that the survivors, the term she uses for the victims, develop psychological disorders when they fail to get support from society, parents and relatives. Based on experience in handling rape cases, Mehwish says the survivors recover after getting moral support from relatives and society.  She stresses the need for imparting training to medico-legal officers, as they do not show sympathy with the survivors in 99 percent of rape cases.  Often these officers believe the survivor must have had consent in the act. Stresses social activist Waqas Mehmood Khan, "Violence against children is a very sensitive issue and it’s the prime responsibility of the government and society to adopt measures for the protection of future generations."

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>Will the world hear the silent cry of sex slaves and end this human >tragedy?

Well, Australia has extended its child protection laws so they now apply to Australian citizens even when they are on holiday overseas. That means Australians who used to be able take advantage of children in countries were children were not adequately protected, now risk prosecution after returning to Australia. Regards, Peter

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Qualities of Muslims that will replace the American empire 1. Uncivilized – They don’t know and don’t care of a society bounded by                        laws, rules and proper manners. 2. Ignorant – They don’t respect the value of higher education.                       All they know is praise Allah, kill  and be with 72                      virgins. 3. Murderer – Just watch the daily news who are doing the killings,                      bombings, attacks, and executions. Rocket attacks on                      civilians, suicide bombings and a father slashing his                       nine year-old daughters throat. 4. Filthy – They seldom take a bath. Lice breeds on their mustaches and                  beards. They don’t use the restrooms properly.                  They are carriers of the deadly AIDS virus (HIV), Polio,                   Syphilis and Tuberculosis. 5. Bandaged Head – They always wear it anywhere,                            even in the wrong place and in the wrong time. 6. Illiterate – They lack communication skills.                     They show little or no knowledge on diversified                      subjects.  (arts, music, history, culture and the sciences. 7. Backward thinker – Their ideas are 7th century technology                      and no longer applicable in this modern age 8. Brandishing a Koran he/she don’t read – They treasure the Koran.                       But they don’t read or understand the writings. 9. Brandishing an AK/RPG in a peaceful community – Just watch these funny                       creatures firing their weapons in the air                       while terrified men, women and children watch. 10.Daydreamer and Wishful thinker  - they are overwhelmed by the idea that                        " Islam will replace a collapsing American Empire".                         like one muslim troll in this N.G posts repeatedly.                         Ridiculous but how does he propose to do it? 11. Lazy and inefficient – In the U.S.,high percentage of them are fired out                        from jobs. Most employers complained they always                        disappear from their workstations of unknown reasons                         during regular work hours,  two to four times a day, daily,                         leaving them only 7 hours of work, but they collect                         8 hour wages.  12. Full of hatred and envy –  They talk of violence in their workplace.in                         the U.S.In one company, they complained to a fellow,employee who got a                         promotion  and smashed a defective vending machine that refuse                         to give change. They throw nasty remarks to an old  woman, a fellow                         who confronted them of their  violent attitude.

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Global Shame: Sex Slavery In The Liberal Age > Economic impulses and commercial forces drive globalization, but its > impact goes far beyond the economy to affect all facets of social and > political life. Powerful commercial interests have given rise to a > commercial and commercializing global culture that, it is quite > apparent, will not be satisfied until it reaches into the deepest > recess of social life. Most recently the commercial global culture has > generated a new form of slavery, more brutal and degrading than any > form of slavery known thus far. > Millions of vulnerable women and unsuspecting children throughout the > world, some as young as ten years old, are trapped into a vicious and > ugly world of exploitation, disease, and abuse. These children are > sold, traded, prostituted, and trafficked under the watching eyes of a > world community that has decided to ignore their plight. > Most of these sex slaves are kept by their masters until their > commercial value deteriorates as a result of their deteriorating health > conditions with the advancement of the many sexual diseases they are > exposed to, including HIV and AIDS. Sadly, the end of their conditions > of slavery does not signal the end of their miseries, but the beginning > of a life of poverty, illness, and shame. > Scope Of The Problem > Although most governments, particularly governments of countries where > sex slaves originate, do not provide information and statistics on > trafficking in women, and seem to be oblivious to the plight of these > vulnerable children, studies conducted by NGOs and research > institutions reveal a human tragedy of great proportions. The figures > given by NGOs and individual researchers are often rough estimations, > as accurate data are scarce. The difficulty of coming up with hard > figures stems from two interrelated factors: (1) trafficking in women > is conducted by organized criminals who use deception and intimidation > to maintain a wall of silence and secrecy around their international > trade, and (2) the criminal syndicates involved in this ugly trade are > often backed by corrupt politicians and law enforcement agents who use > all means at their disposal to provide cover up for crimes that provide > lucrative income. > There is hardly any region in the world that escapes the activities of > sex slavery syndicates. Trafficking in women is reported in Africa, > Europe, North America, South Asia, and East and Southeast Asia. > The International Organization for Migration (IOM), a European Union > agency, estimates that some 500,000 women were trafficked to Europe in > 1995. A large number of the women and girls involved came from the > impoverished East European countries of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. > Many of the women involved in the sex trade are underage girls who have > been duped into their state of slavery by an elaborate network of > organized criminals. The nonprofit organization End Child Prostitution, > Child Pornography, and the Traffic in Children for Sexual Purposes > (ECPAT) provided the following figures on the number of children > involved in the sex industry in 1994: Brazil 500,000, India 400,000, > Thailand 200,000-850,000, Taiwan 100,000, Nepal 200,000, North America > 100,000-300,000. The Political Economy Center at Chulalungkhorn > University of Thailand estimated that the world sex industry generated > in 1993-95 around $20-23 billion. (ECPAT Development Manual, Melbourne, > Australia, 1994, pp. 21-37.) > Intimidation And DeceptionThe sex slaves who are bought and sold in red > light districts around the globe come from impoverished communities. A > significant number of them are underage girls. Shrewd slave traffickers > who offer their parents tempting sums of money dupe these young and > unassuming girls into sex slavery. The parents are deceived into > believing that the money is given in exchange for employment or > marriage. > The trafficking of Nepalese girls into India is a case in point. Every > year 5,000 to 7,000 Nepalese girls are trafficked into red light > districts in Indian cities. The girls are sold by poor Nepalese > families, tricked into fraudulent marriages, or promised employment in > towns only to find themselves in Indian brothels. Their kidnapers use > brutal means of starvation, intimidation, and outright torture to > initiate the defenseless children into prostitution. > The wicked methods of slave traffickers are well documented in numerous > cases. One such case is that of Mira, a 13-year-old from Nepal. Mira > was offered a job as a domestic worker in Bombay, India’s largest > commercial center, but ended up in the one of the city’s numerous > brothels. When she refused to submit to the sexual demands of her new > masters, she was sent to a windowless room, stripped naked, and was > left for three days without food or drink. On the fourth day, she was > gang raped. In the end, Mira’s will was broken and she joined Bombay’s > sex slaves. (Robert I Friedman, India’s Shame: Sexual Slavery and > Political Corruption are Leading an AIDS Catastrophe, The Nation, 8 > April 1996). > Child-Sex Tourism > In the nineties, a new tourism industry, thriving on child exploitation > and abuse, emerged in South and Southeast Asia, concentrating mainly in > India, Thailand, and the Philippines. Sex tourists come mainly from > high-income countries, particularly North America, Europe, and Japan. > Of 160 foreign pedophiles arrested on child sex-abuse charges in > Southeast Asia between 1992 and 1994, 25% were American, 18% German, > 14% Australian, and 12% English. (End Child Prostitution in Asian > Tourism, Lambiet, 17 May 1998) > In 1990 an orphanage owner in Goa, India, was arrested for allegedly > supplying children to British, French, German, Swiss, and Scandinavian > sex tourists. He was freed on bail. Seven years later, the case was > still not filed with the court. (Rahul Bedi, Bid to Protect Children as > Sex Tourism Spreads, London’s Daily Telegraph, 1997). > Cultural Hedonism > Sexual slavery and sex tourism described above are fueled by an > increasingly hedonistic culture glorifying pleasure, promoting > promiscuous attitudes and behavior, and presenting pornography as > another form of entertainment. Children at a young age are bombarded > with sexual images and gestures. This clumsy promiscuous attitude has > invaded all corners of the world. Pornographic material is becoming > more accessible by the day to wider segments of humanity. > Porno-producing companies use the Internet very effectively to > publicize and promote even the most extreme forms of sexuality. Ron > O’Grady, chairman of ECPAT, estimated that in 1998 around 40,000 > pornographic photographs of children, many from Southeast Asian > countries, were displayed on the Internet. The demand for children in > the sex trade is great. Every year, people from all over the world > travel to Asia to have sex with children, taking photographs and > videos, he noted. (Poona Antaseeda, Expert urges global law to end > child pornography on the Internet, Bangkok Post, June 3, 1998). > The attitude of youngsters influenced by the rising hedonistic culture > is a cause of concern. Friedman reported that 70% of students surveyed > at a wealthy high school in India were interested in a career in > organized crimes, citing good money and good fun as their reasons for > making the choice. (Robert Friedman, India’s Shame, The Nation, April > 8, 1996.) > In Japan, pornography is so pervasive, even schoolchildren have access > to comic books with pornographic contents. Sex magazines can be bought > at vending machines. In 1998, Japan was the world’s biggest producer of > child pornography, and the Japanese parliament refused to pass a law > banning the production of child pornography, citing business reasons. > (Poona Antaseeda, Expert urges global law to end child pornography on > the Internet, Bangkok Post, June 3, 1998). > Stopping The Abuse > Sexual slavery is a serious crime of global proportion, and should be > viewed as such. To combat it, we must view it not simply as a legal > problem, but as a moral issue as well. As long as pornography, > promiscuity, and violence are glorified in movies produced by > entertainment centers, most notably Hollywood and Bombay, the problem > is likely to persist and intensify. The problem must be confronted on > the legal, political, and cultural levels. This requires international > cooperation by both government agencies and nongovernmental > organizations. > Will the world hear the silent cry of sex slaves and end this human > tragedy? Will the world reject the excesses of the entertainment > industry riddled with sexual abuse and violence? Will the world reject > the excesses of economic disparity and economic greed? The freedom and > dignity of millions of children now and in the future hinge on how the > above questions are answered > Center for Balanced Development > Url: http://www.cbdnet.org > http://www.islam-online.net/iol-english/dowalia/society-17-july-2000/…

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Global Shame: Sex Slavery In The Liberal Age Economic impulses and commercial forces drive globalization, but its impact goes far beyond the economy to affect all facets of social and political life. Powerful commercial interests have given rise to a commercial and commercializing global culture that, it is quite apparent, will not be satisfied until it reaches into the deepest recess of social life. Most recently the commercial global culture has generated a new form of slavery, more brutal and degrading than any form of slavery known thus far. Millions of vulnerable women and unsuspecting children throughout the world, some as young as ten years old, are trapped into a vicious and ugly world of exploitation, disease, and abuse. These children are sold, traded, prostituted, and trafficked under the watching eyes of a world community that has decided to ignore their plight. Most of these sex slaves are kept by their masters until their commercial value deteriorates as a result of their deteriorating health conditions with the advancement of the many sexual diseases they are exposed to, including HIV and AIDS. Sadly, the end of their conditions of slavery does not signal the end of their miseries, but the beginning of a life of poverty, illness, and shame. Scope Of The Problem Although most governments, particularly governments of countries where sex slaves originate, do not provide information and statistics on trafficking in women, and seem to be oblivious to the plight of these vulnerable children, studies conducted by NGOs and research institutions reveal a human tragedy of great proportions. The figures given by NGOs and individual researchers are often rough estimations, as accurate data are scarce. The difficulty of coming up with hard figures stems from two interrelated factors: (1) trafficking in women is conducted by organized criminals who use deception and intimidation to maintain a wall of silence and secrecy around their international trade, and (2) the criminal syndicates involved in this ugly trade are often backed by corrupt politicians and law enforcement agents who use all means at their disposal to provide cover up for crimes that provide lucrative income. There is hardly any region in the world that escapes the activities of sex slavery syndicates. Trafficking in women is reported in Africa, Europe, North America, South Asia, and East and Southeast Asia. The International Organization for Migration (IOM), a European Union agency, estimates that some 500,000 women were trafficked to Europe in 1995. A large number of the women and girls involved came from the impoverished East European countries of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. Many of the women involved in the sex trade are underage girls who have been duped into their state of slavery by an elaborate network of organized criminals. The nonprofit organization End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography, and the Traffic in Children for Sexual Purposes (ECPAT) provided the following figures on the number of children involved in the sex industry in 1994: Brazil 500,000, India 400,000, Thailand 200,000-850,000, Taiwan 100,000, Nepal 200,000, North America 100,000-300,000. The Political Economy Center at Chulalungkhorn University of Thailand estimated that the world sex industry generated in 1993-95 around $20-23 billion. (ECPAT Development Manual, Melbourne, Australia, 1994, pp. 21-37.) Intimidation And DeceptionThe sex slaves who are bought and sold in red light districts around the globe come from impoverished communities. A significant number of them are underage girls. Shrewd slave traffickers who offer their parents tempting sums of money dupe these young and unassuming girls into sex slavery. The parents are deceived into believing that the money is given in exchange for employment or marriage. The trafficking of Nepalese girls into India is a case in point. Every year 5,000 to 7,000 Nepalese girls are trafficked into red light districts in Indian cities. The girls are sold by poor Nepalese families, tricked into fraudulent marriages, or promised employment in towns only to find themselves in Indian brothels. Their kidnapers use brutal means of starvation, intimidation, and outright torture to initiate the defenseless children into prostitution. The wicked methods of slave traffickers are well documented in numerous cases. One such case is that of Mira, a 13-year-old from Nepal. Mira was offered a job as a domestic worker in Bombay, India’s largest commercial center, but ended up in the one of the city’s numerous brothels. When she refused to submit to the sexual demands of her new masters, she was sent to a windowless room, stripped naked, and was left for three days without food or drink. On the fourth day, she was gang raped. In the end, Mira’s will was broken and she joined Bombay’s sex slaves. (Robert I Friedman, India’s Shame: Sexual Slavery and Political Corruption are Leading an AIDS Catastrophe, The Nation, 8 April 1996). Child-Sex Tourism In the nineties, a new tourism industry, thriving on child exploitation and abuse, emerged in South and Southeast Asia, concentrating mainly in India, Thailand, and the Philippines. Sex tourists come mainly from high-income countries, particularly North America, Europe, and Japan. Of 160 foreign pedophiles arrested on child sex-abuse charges in Southeast Asia between 1992 and 1994, 25% were American, 18% German, 14% Australian, and 12% English. (End Child Prostitution in Asian Tourism, Lambiet, 17 May 1998) In 1990 an orphanage owner in Goa, India, was arrested for allegedly supplying children to British, French, German, Swiss, and Scandinavian sex tourists. He was freed on bail. Seven years later, the case was still not filed with the court. (Rahul Bedi, Bid to Protect Children as Sex Tourism Spreads, London’s Daily Telegraph, 1997). Cultural Hedonism Sexual slavery and sex tourism described above are fueled by an increasingly hedonistic culture glorifying pleasure, promoting promiscuous attitudes and behavior, and presenting pornography as another form of entertainment. Children at a young age are bombarded with sexual images and gestures. This clumsy promiscuous attitude has invaded all corners of the world. Pornographic material is becoming more accessible by the day to wider segments of humanity. Porno-producing companies use the Internet very effectively to publicize and promote even the most extreme forms of sexuality. Ron O’Grady, chairman of ECPAT, estimated that in 1998 around 40,000 pornographic photographs of children, many from Southeast Asian countries, were displayed on the Internet. The demand for children in the sex trade is great. Every year, people from all over the world travel to Asia to have sex with children, taking photographs and videos, he noted. (Poona Antaseeda, Expert urges global law to end child pornography on the Internet, Bangkok Post, June 3, 1998). The attitude of youngsters influenced by the rising hedonistic culture is a cause of concern. Friedman reported that 70% of students surveyed at a wealthy high school in India were interested in a career in organized crimes, citing good money and good fun as their reasons for making the choice. (Robert Friedman, India’s Shame, The Nation, April 8, 1996.) In Japan, pornography is so pervasive, even schoolchildren have access to comic books with pornographic contents. Sex magazines can be bought at vending machines. In 1998, Japan was the world’s biggest producer of child pornography, and the Japanese parliament refused to pass a law banning the production of child pornography, citing business reasons. (Poona Antaseeda, Expert urges global law to end child pornography on the Internet, Bangkok Post, June 3, 1998). Stopping The Abuse Sexual slavery is a serious crime of global proportion, and should be viewed as such. To combat it, we must view it not simply as a legal problem, but as a moral issue as well. As long as pornography, promiscuity, and violence are glorified in movies produced by entertainment centers, most notably Hollywood and Bombay, the problem is likely to persist and intensify. The problem must be confronted on the legal, political, and cultural levels. This requires international cooperation by both government agencies and nongovernmental organizations. Will the world hear the silent cry of sex slaves and end this human tragedy? Will the world reject the excesses of the entertainment industry riddled with sexual abuse and violence? Will the world reject the excesses of economic disparity and economic greed? The freedom and dignity of millions of children now and in the future hinge on how the above questions are answered Center for Balanced Development Url: http://www.cbdnet.org http://www.islam-online.net/iol-english/dowalia/society-17-july-2000/…

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