ALLEGATIONS OF SLAVERY
SUDAN AND THE KOLA BOOF HOAX: "SLAVERY" PROPAGANDA EXPOSED

The Sudanese civil war has generated a vast amount of propaganda and disinformation. The intervention in Sudan by foreign powers, especially the United States, and by civil groups with partisan religious and political motivations, has exacerbated and prolonged a tragic conflict by the deliberate and cynical manufacture of blatantly manufactured distortions, lies and hoaxes.

"THE SUDAN ABDUCTEE DATABASE": YET MORE QUESTIONABLE PROPAGANDA

In late May 2003, the Rift Valley Institute, a non-governmental organisation based in Kenya and Britain, launched what it termed "the Sudan Abductee Database". This was said to be a "database of abduction
and slavery cases".

SELF-SERVING PROPAGANDISTS:

THE "AMERICAN ANTI-SLAVERY GROUP" AND SUDAN

The new and significant moves towards a peaceful resolution of the Sudanese civil war (1), as outlined in the July 2002 Machakos peace protocol, must go hand in hand with a concerted attempt to cut away the dead hand of propaganda that has artificially prolonged the conflict.

RECYCLING LIES: THE STRANGE CASE OF THE SUDANESE "SLAVE GIRL" ZEINAB NAZER

The publication in Germany in September 2002 of a book entitled 'Sklavin' ('Slave'), has provided a clear insight into the continuing propaganda war that is being waged against Sudan. The book, and the claims made within it, has also shown the lies, duplicity and naivety at the heart of this campaign, and those associated with it.

"SLAVE REDEMPTION", FRAUD AND NAIVETY IN SUDAN: THE FINAL WORD?
In February 2002, in an unprecedented international focus, four newspapers of record, 'The Irish Times', London's 'Independent on Sunday', 'The Washington Post' and 'International Herald Tribune', chose to publish, or republish, articles exposing the deep fraud and corruption at the heart of claims of "slave redemption" in Sudan.
TIME TO SPEAK OUT ON CHRISTIAN SOLIDARITY INTERNATIONAL AND SUDAN:
An Open Letter to Anti-slavery Internatonal and Sudan

We address this open letter to Anti-Slavery International because of its well-deserved reputation as one of the world's premier human rights organisations, and its particular concern about slavery and slavery-like practices.
THE REALITY OF "SLAVE REDEMPTION" IN SUDAN
Civil war has raged in Sudan off and on between the Sudanese government and rebels in southern Sudan since 1955. After a ten year period of peace the conflict reignited in 1983, and the war in the south has been fought since then by the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA).
THE USE OF INTERTRIBAL RAIDING AS 'SLAVERY' PROPAGANDA IN SUDAN
A Statement of Concern to Mrs Mary Robinson The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

One of the continuing allegations made against the Sudanese government is that "slavery" exists in south-western and central Sudan.
SUDAN AND "SLAVERY":
THE WASHINGTON POST, WILLIAM RASPBERRY,
A Case Study in Poor Journalism


On 2 October 2000, The Washington Post published an article by syndicated columnist William Raspberry, entitled 'Some Things Simply Must Not Stand', alleging the existence of slavery in Sudan. .

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