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UAE royals hit by camel racing lawsuit
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| Last Edited | Penguin Sep 13, 2006 08:36pm |
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| News Date | Friday, September 15, 2006 02:35:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A lawsuit accusing rulers of the United Arab Emirates of enslaving and forcing tens of thousands of young boys to work under brutal conditions as camel jockeys over the past three decades, has been filed in the US.
The civil lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages, was filed last week by unnamed parents of boys as young as 2 years who were allegedly abducted, enslaved and sold to serve as camel jockeys.
The lawsuit claims that the boys were taken largely from Bangladesh, Pakistan and elsewhere, held at desert camps and forced to work in the UAE and other Gulf nations.
"The defendants robbed parents of their children and boys of their childhoods, their futures and sometimes their lives, for the craven purposes of entertainment and financial gain," the lawsuit alleged.
It claims some boys were sexually abused, given limited food and sleep, and injected with hormones to prevent their growth. |
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