I just got the following article which I decided to share it with you, as we are close neighbor to the UAE and we should be aware of what is written about his leader.

Me sharing this news shouldn't be translate by anyone as if I am supporting the implications appararently put by HBO against Sheik M. Al Maktoum. I believe no one is guilty of a crime until proven otherwise.

http://thm-b.search.vip.re2.yahoo.com/image/709758160

Sheik Mohammed, one of the richest horse buyers in Kentucky and the world, [/color]has been implicated in the slave trade of child camel jockeys by a cable TV news program.


A report aired this week on HBO's Real Sports includes footage of appalling living conditions at camel-training camps and alleges that boy camel jockeys - some as young as 3 - are kidnapped or sold into slavery, starved, beaten and raped.The report links the abuses to Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum. That and this report from The Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader's Janet Patton

Sheik Mohammed is the crown prince of Dubai, one of the United Arab Emirates. He also serves as defense minister for the UAE.

No representative of the Maktoum organization would comment on the report. Sheik Mohammed owns two horse farms in the Bluegrass - Raceland in Paris and Darley at Jonabell in Lexington; no one from the farms would respond publicly.

And an e-mail sent Friday afternoon to Sheik Mohammed from his official Web site was not answered.

The report, which HBO says was filmed in the UAE, is not specific about the locations of the camps featured. Some appear to be in Abu Dhabi, which is also in the UAE. The report lays the responsibility for these atrocities at the feet of "the rulers of the United Arab Emirates I the sheiks."

But it focuses on only one member of any UAE royal family: Sheik Mohammed. At least some of the boy jockeys shown are allegedly at the Dubai camel track, which is owned and run by the Maktoum family.

The report calls the track "the playground of the crown prince" and contrasts the boys' hovels with the treatment of Sheik Mohammed's horses and camels.

HBO correspondent Bernard Goldberg said on the report that HBO received a letter from unnamed UAE officials who said that they were "shocked that this is happening" and that they "are adamantly against it."

The UAE, a confederation of Arab states, in 1993 banned the use of jockeys under the age of 15 or under 45 kilograms (99 pounds); in 2002, it reiterated the ban.

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And Anti-Slavery International, a human rights group, in June 2004 released photos that they said were taken in Dubai showing child jockeys; they accused the UAE of keeping the boys in brutal conditions.

For more read=> This SNB Article (http://www.sportsbusinessnews.com/index.asp?story_id=40398)
~ Did you ever hear about such allegations before in the UAE?

~ Do you think Sheikh Al Maktoum could indeed be involved in such trades and abuses, eventhough he already has a huge personal wealth?

Waiting for your comments?

:) Lot's of poor BANGLADESHI and INDIAN kids are trafficked to Dubai for the Camel Race "Jockey"..

It's an Old Story.

I had a THREAD in the Archive I believe.

Child camel jockeys in the UAE (http://www.antislavery.org/homepage/resources/cameljockeysgallery/gallery.htm)

http://www.antislavery.org/homepage/images/child-camel-jockey-6.jpg
:scary:

Sheik Mohammed implicated in child camel jockey abuse plot

By JANET PATTON

Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader



LEXINGTON, Ky. - Sheik Mohammed, one of the richest horse buyers in Kentucky and the world, has been implicated in the slave trade of child camel jockeys by a cable TV news program.
http://www.broward.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/9992168.htm

It's an Old Story.

It is not an old story Hasnain-Scorpio, as it is dated 27 October 2004.

This doesn't mean that something didn't come up in the past with similar accusations, but the SNB link (which is the same text than in yours) has just published this article.

. what happened to M. Jackson's case about child molestation ? Any news ?



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