U.S.
Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Rob Portman, R-Ohio,
co-chairmen of the U.S. Senate Caucus to End Human Trafficking,
today released a statement "condemning the actions of the
terrorist organization Boko Haram, which announced today their intent to sell more than 200 kidnapped Nigerian girls into slavery."
This is the statement, unedited here:
“Boko
Haram’s disgusting announcement shows a criminal disregard for the most
fundamental of human rights. Sadly, while this event is tragically
large in scope, it is neither new to Nigeria nor isolated to that
corner of the globe. Human trafficking is a horrific reality faced by
more than a million children around the world annually, and we will
continue the fight to combat it both at home and abroad.”
Blumenthal and Portman are both co-sponsors of a Senate
resolution condemning the kidnapping.
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