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“Panorama Shymkenta”, 24/08/2007
F. Sharafutdinova.

Modern slavery


   In early summer, a young woman named Saul asked the police about the disappearance of her husband. In response she was reassured, “They say young get a little ladylove. Give him a week to come back.” Her heart sensed that this was not the reason for the sudden disappearance of her husband. In the morning he went to work as usual, which incidentally is his value…
   He returned only after three weeks. As it turned out on the first day he left he had been afraid to miss work, so had stopped a car for a ride. There were two men in this car. After a little bit of driving they ordered him to sit quietly. They took him to some God-forsaken town and was forced to build, knead clay for brings, and in short, made a slave. It did not make sense. It was the Twenty-first Century and he was an engineer, and now suddenly a slave.
   He managed to escape only because the owner had been ill and gone to the neighboring town for a nurse and medicine. He very quickly ran away from this place.
   The couple did not bring the case to the police to investigate. Wishing to forget this nightmare, they quickly sold their apartment and moved to another city.
   If you think this is an isolated case, you are greatly mistaken. Modern slavery, human trafficking cases are many. In order to distinguish human trafficking cases and help victims a training seminar was held for the media on the theme «Features of journalistic investigation of human trafficking and related issues». The seminar was held by the Legal Center for Women's Initiatives “Sana Sezim” together with the U.S. Embassy in the Republic of Kazakhstan. It was conducted by U.S. journalist Drew Sallivanom.
   The South Kazakhstan Region is one of the centers where “live goods” are illegally transported to their destination. Therefore, the issues on the agenda were valid. If this story happened to someone from your family, then immediately contact at least three people: the police, local or national media, and a human rights NGO. If you do this, the wall of indifference can break.