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posted on 8-30-2010 at 01:18 AM
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Victim of India Violence Rescued from Trafficking Ring
Victim
of India Violence Rescued from Trafficking Ring
8/27/10
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DELHI (Compass Direct News) - Nearly two years after large-scale anti-Christian violence broke out in India’s Kandhamal district, Orissa state, a team
working against human trafficking on Aug. 9 rescued a 16-year-old Christian girl – one of at least 60 people sold into slavery after being displaced
by the 2008 attacks.
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“Human trafficking agents operating in the tribal belt of Orissa have targeted the Christian girls who are displaced by the Kandhamal communal
violence ...” said attorney Lansinglu Rongmei, one of the rescue team members. “Roughly 60 girls are estimated missing and have been trafficked to
different states.”
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“It was only the joint efforts of the All India Christian Council [AICC], HRLN Anti-Human Trafficking and the area police that made this rescue
possible,” the source said.
The rescue team took action after the minor’s mother approached the HRLN ... . Team members said they were disappointed by the reaction of police, who
were initially cooperative but later “just unwilling to help,” in the words of one member. |
The India government's response - at all levels - to the murder, arson, violence and kidnappings in Orissa has ranged from collusion to foot-dragging
to very occasional full cooperation. One problem is that the militant Hindus behind the violence are an actual political party that has power at
least regionally. Then there's the racial-religious identity/loyalty problem ...
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