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March 16, 2009
No. 14667

Iraqi Human Rights Activist: Underage Iraqi Girls Sold Into Sexual Exploitation, Then Slavery, In Gulf Countries

Yanar Muhammad, human rights activist and director of the Iraqi organization Women's Freedom, has reported that underage Iraqi girls are being sold to men in the Gulf countries for sexual exploitation, and are then transferred to the slave markets.

Source: www.aafaq.org, March 13, 2009

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