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Most, like Bakhita, are renamed, obliged to become Muslims, and then forced to marry their captor or herd his animals.
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Lemlem Ghebru's two daughters, aged 14 and 15, were freed when their captor's base in east Sudan was stormed by security forces.
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The case of the three Cleveland women who have escaped their captor after so long is inspiring and offers hope for other cases.
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"There can be such a wide range of abuse that a victim who is no longer viciously abused may feel gratitude" towards their captor, says Peter Suedfeld, professor emeritus of psychology at the University of British Columbia.
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One thing they could count on was that their alleged captor would never let them out.
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Rather than celebrating their birthdays, in a bizarre ritual, the captor would apparently give his victims cake to mark their "abduction day", one victim's cousin was quoted as telling US media.
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