New Findings Raise Awareness About Child Slavery In Schools
On 15 April 2010, Human Rights Watch released its 114-page report titled "Off the Backs of Children," which shed light
on the forced begging and child slavery enforced by Quranic schools in Senegal.
These schools collect up to $60,000 a year in money accumulated from street begging and often the children suffer from
abuse and neglect if they do not meet their daily quota.
The report exposed the hypocrisy and exploitation of these Quranic schools, by collecting data from 175 boys known as
talibes who are current and former students at Quranic schools, as well as teachers or marabouts, parents, Islamic
scholars, and government officials.
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