By Kuac Barjok, New York, USA
April 6, 2015 (SSB) —- Dear esteemed reader, you think slavery is a thing of the past? Me too. But wait, we’re both dead wrong! The genocidal regime of President Bashir of Sudan still backs slavery in the 21st century. It is quite absurd and inhuman, right?
Well, that is what it is in the republic of Sudan but the worst and hypocritical case is, the world is too busy combatting the Islamic of Iraq for its inhuman actions toward Christians and non-believers in the Middle East, and not combatting the Islamic state of Sudan for the same murderous actions.
You see the West’s contradiction on terrorism issues? At my space and time, I would argue that the Sudanese government is worse than the Islamic State and the same response given to Islamic State should be employed against the Sudanese government until they cease supporting terrorist related undertakings. I repeat Bashir’s government is more brutal than the Islamic State.
Why? Let me explain. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syrian are blatantly evils. They callously kill people on religious lines in their attempts to create Islamic world, convert non-Muslims into Muslims, and in all, their killing intentions are precisely political and deplorable, too.
However, like the Islamic State, the government of Sudan does all of the above, and worst of them, killing people on racial lines and enslave them. Sudan is a much diversified country with so many tribes with different cultural beliefs and civilizations.
With that said, there’re varying indigenous groups in the Sudan. The struggle of the Black People especially the people of Nuba Mountains and Darfur is appalling and does not require our muted response.
An America civil rights movement leader, Martin Luther King, onetime said that “Injustice is anywhere is injustice everywhere”, and hence, the inhuman suffering and enslavement of Black people in the Sudan is unjust to our world no matter where you belong unless you’re unjust and merciless, too. Like I do, I strongly argue you to stand up against slavery, say never again!
The Republic of Sudan continues its violation of human rights in the Sudanese region.
Lately and according to Christian Solidarity International, an organization working to liberate slaves in the Sudan and Christians under unpleasant treatments in the Middle East(mostly in Iran and Egypt lately), there are over 35,000 South Sudanese living under slavery in the Sudan.
To validate my claim and in conformity with the above report, watch the testimonies of the recently freed slaves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNbCKQQ4JcI&list=PLA6388FF2831A35F7.
They’re reputedly from Northern El Ghazal State (Aweil) in South Sudan. Not only these, many more unreported Nubians and Darfurians are under slavery in their own country. Apparently, the victims are being left to their slave masters mercy. May Allah bless them?
The Christian Solidarity International organization has retrieved a good number of the former slaves back to their home towns in South Sudan. The Republic of Sudan has been at war with Southern Sudan since early 1950s till 2005 when the two parties (NCP and SPLM) signed a Comprehensive Peace Agreement which paved the way for South Sudan’s independence in 2011.
Though separated, both countries still fight proxy wars on the border fronts. The two Sudans affianced in a heavy border military confrontation in April 2012 in Heglig which claimed many lives on both sides though South Sudan was the victor.
While at war (1983-2005), the heavily armed Sudanese military forces would abduct South Sudanese children, women, and men and transport them to the Northern Towns and subject them to slavery. By slavery, they are subjected to rape, forced labor without pay, forced marriage, forcibly convert them into Islam, restrict them from traveling and many other inhuman evils as the retrieved victims tell ( read more here: Slavery in North Sudan) their frightful torments in the hands of their merciless slave masters in Northern Sudan.
Slavery is a devilish act and must be stopped and to stop slavery, the world must stand united against oppressive evils just like the way it did 50+ years ago. Stand up for Sudan!
As far as the international community is concerned, and the abolition of Slavery years back, the countries like US and its political allies are doing very little or nothing to stop these protracted devilish practices in the Sudan.
The Sudanese president who’s the head of criminals in the country as per the International Criminal Court’s indictment, for war crimes against humanity in Darfur, is at large and defying the calls for his prosecution.
It would not be entirely wrong to mention that the so-called international community has backed down and licensed president Bashir to enslave, behead and bomb whoever he wants as it is happening in Nuba Mountains and Darfur today. The international court indicted president Bashir six (6) years ago over undeniable crimes of genocide in Darfur but then, nobody persecuted him and his two ministers.
A curious mind would ask then, what happened? Why is the world babysitting genocidal called Bashir?
This article is a revised version of my old article.
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