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Arek Anyiel Deng, Sudanese former slave
Life tough for ex-slave
An audio slideshow telling the story of Arek Anyiel Deng, who spent 18 years as a slave after being captured in southern Sudan.


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South Sudanese await the return of their stolen children

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In wealthy Jeddah, in Saudi Arabia, thousands of young child beggars are trying to survive.
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A gangland boss in the Philippines tells the BBC's Andrew Harding how he forced young girls into prostitution.
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Sudan's slave voices

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Rageh Omaar reports on child slavery around the world today.
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The use of compulsory labour remains widespread in China's prisons, reports Tim Luard.
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How women are being forced into slavery in modern day England
Freed child slave Ashok Kumar in school Slave to the loom
One Indian boy freed from bonded labour but thousands still toil
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Life as a migrant tomato picker in Immokalee


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