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The Schools That Chain Boys

A 大象传媒 News Arabic investigation has uncovered systemic child abuse inside Islamic schools in Sudan.

There are nearly 30,000 Islamic schools, known as 鈥渒halwas鈥 across Sudan.

The investigation, 鈥淭he Schools that Chain Boys鈥, has found that boys as young as five-years-old are routinely chained, shackled and beaten by the 鈥渟heikhs鈥, or religious men in charge of the schools. The investigation also found evidence of sexual abuse.

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