Child slavery in UAE Camel racing industry

Slavery occurs when one person completely controls another person, using violence or the threat of violence, to maintain that control, exploits them economically and they cannot walk away.

Unfortunately, in 2014 the worldwide slave trade is still alive and well with estimates putting the total value of the industry at close to $32 billion dollars annually. In the UK a Home Office report in 2013 estimated that up to 10,000 salves and potentially many more were currently being kept in Britian.

Slavery knows no racial, gender or age boundaries. It is one of the darkest sides of man's inhumanity to his fellow man and has been practiced since the begining of human history.

I recently saw a shocking documentary on child slavery in the UAE linked to the Camel racing industry. Camel racing is popular among the ruling elite of the UAE and traditionally has used boys as young as 3 years old as jockeys. Following pressure from the outside world laws were passed to raise the official legal age of a jockey to 15 years old. Unfortunately, it would appear that a change in the law on paper is all that has occured and no change has been made operationally to the practice of enslaving young boys into the industry. Major efforts have been made, however, by the UAE authorities to restrict all outside reporting and filming of Camel races. A link to the documentary film is included below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFUSl4GCIVs

When David Cameron visited China in 2013 there were many calls for him to raise human rights  issues with the Chinesse authorities. However, no calls have yet been made for him to raise concerns with the UAE ruling elite over the use of child slaves in the Camel racing industry. It is time that we, the British public started to insist that these concerns be raised. It is time that we put pressure on the owners of Manchester City Football club and the ruling elite within the UAE to draw an end to this barbaric practice.

Kick salvery to touch. We are all one!