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They're secluded north of Mansoura, not Sinai. They've been tortured to pressure family members to pay $30,000 ransoms. Women are raped nightly. Abuse caused five deaths.
Another group of 59 hostages are held for $23,000 ransom. Similar abuses are being committed, including a seven-month pregnant women multiply raped.
A separate group number 111 hostages held for $28,000 ransom. Their whereabouts isn't known. A Sudanese refugee in Israel told PHT/I about 17 others in Sinai. Captives demand $5,200 in ransoms. They're part of a larger group released after payments were made. Some are currently in Israel.
The Eritrean Movement for Democracy and Human Rights (EMDHR) learned of 200 more Eritreans transferred from Sudan to Sinai. Prominent smugglers include Abu Abdullah, Abu Musa, Abu Ali Ibrahim, Khaled and Ahmed.
Refugees at times are sold from one smuggler to another. In 2011, PHR/I's Open Clinic interviewed about 800 patients arriving in Israel via Sinai. Nearly 80% reported abductions, threats at gunpoint, abusive chaining, and torture. In addition, women and some men are raped.
Some involuntarily arrived in Israel after being held for months. In mid-November, Egyptian media reported violent tribal confrontations in central Sinai after accusations of involvement in organ trafficking.
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