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The Schools That Chain Boys

A ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News Arabic investigation has uncovered systemic child abuse inside Islamic schools in Sudan, with boys as young as five years old routinely chained, shackled and beaten by the β€œsheikhs”, or religious men in charge of the schools. The investigation also found evidence of sexual abuse. For 18 months, reporter, Fateh Alrahman, filmed inside 23 schools across Sudan. He found boys shackled and chained and witnessed brutal routine beatings.

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