{"id":182611,"date":"2015-06-29T14:19:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T14:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/police-in-eastern-sudan-release-47-abducted-refugees\/"},"modified":"2015-06-29T14:19:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-29T14:19:00","slug":"police-in-eastern-sudan-release-47-abducted-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/police-in-eastern-sudan-release-47-abducted-refugees","title":{"rendered":"Police in eastern Sudan release 47 abducted refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>47 abducted refugees from Eritrea and Ethiopia were released by police forces in Kassala state, eastern Sudan, on Saturday. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A human right activist from Kassala reported to Radio Dabanga that the police forces clashed with elements of a human trafficking gang near Kassala town on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>After a gunfight that lasted more than three hours, the police managed to set free 47 Eritreans and Ethiopians locked inside two lorries. Seven human traffickers were arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Eastern Sudan is known to be a hotspot for human traffickers. They systematically abduct Eritreans and Ethiopians from refugee camps in the region. The asylum seekers are then sold to criminal gangs in the Sinai, Egypt, and subjected to torture, in order to pressure their relatives to pay large sums of money for their release.<\/p>\n<p>Human rights organisations have repeatedly accused&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/sudan-s-top-officials-cooperate-in-human-trafficking-report\">Sudanese officials of being involved<\/a>&nbsp;in the trafficking of refugees.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sws_supernormalaction\"><button on=\"tap:superwebshare-lightbox\" class=\"superwebshare_normal_button1 superwebshare-button-large superwebshare-button-square superwebshare_prompt superwebshare_button_svg\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color: #d52631;\" ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"superwebshare-svg\"  fill=\"currentColor\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M789.86,323.67c91.79,0,164.25-72.46,164.25-164.25S881.64,0,789.86,0S625.6,72.46,625.6,164.25c0,4.83,0,14.49,0,24.15L306.76,371.98c-24.15-24.15-57.97-33.82-96.62-33.82c-91.79,0-164.25,72.46-164.25,164.25s72.46,164.25,164.25,164.25c38.65,0,72.46-14.49,96.62-33.82L625.6,821.26c0,9.66,0,14.49,0,19.32c0,86.96,72.46,159.42,159.42,159.42s159.42-72.46,159.42-159.42s-67.63-159.42-154.59-159.42c-33.82,0-67.63,9.66-96.62,33.82L374.4,526.57c0-9.66,0-19.32,0-24.15s0-14.49,0-24.15l318.84-188.41C717.39,314.01,751.21,323.67,789.86,323.67z\" \/><\/svg><span>Share article<\/span><\/button><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>47 abducted refugees from Eritrea and Ethiopia were released by police forces in Kassala state, eastern Sudan, on Saturday.<br \/>\nA human right activist from Kassala reported to Radio Dabanga that the police forces clashed with elements of a human trafficking gang near Kassala town on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police in eastern Sudan release 47 abducted refugees - Dabanga Radio TV Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/police-in-eastern-sudan-release-47-abducted-refugees\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police in eastern Sudan release 47 abducted refugees - Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"47 abducted refugees from Eritrea and Ethiopia were released by police forces in Kassala state, eastern Sudan, on Saturday. 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