of trafficked children throughout the Gulf region. Burney continues on his mission to end any such existing practices across the Middle East. A documentary on his work rescuing child camel jockeys that aired on the American TV channel HBO won both an Emmy Award and an Alfred DuPont Award. Framing and murder of 7 immigrants in Macedonia Six Pakistani and an Indian immigrant attempting to cross illegally into Europe were arrested by Macedonian authorities in March 2002. A plan was hatched and the men were taken close to the US Embassy in Macedonia where they were murdered and framed as terrorists in an attempt to prove Macedonia's credentials as a frontline US ally in the war on terror. At the time, it was stated by the Macedonian authorities that the men had travelled from Pakistan in an attempt to attack the embassy and the plan had been foiled by the actions of the Macedonian police. The pre-planned incident and framing was masterminded by then Interior Minister Ljube Boškoski. Details of this incident came to light after Burney's intervention in the matter. He visited Macedonia to seek arrest of Boškoski (who fled the country), compensation for the families, and to have the victims' bodies returned to their homes. Pakistani Taekwondo players falsely accused of terrorism Ten Pakistani taekwondo players, who were representing their country in games being held in Latvia, were arrested in 2003 on terrorism charges. The players' families contacted Burney who in turn contacted the Latvian authorities to seek the men's release. After an investigation, it was revealed that the players' only crime was that they had booked a connecting flight to Pakistan via Russia – a flight on which an Israeli basketball team was also travelling. The men were arrested without any evidence, but purely due to the fact they were Pakistani and Muslim. Burney ensured the players' release and repatriation to Pakistan. Pakistanis sold into slavery in Sudan In March 2005, 60 Pakistanis arrived legally in Khartoum, Sudan in search of a better future and to work a job they were promised by an agency at an oil company. However they found themselves to have been sold into slavery at a labour camp in Bageer (near Khartoum). Surrounded by armed guards and with no escape, the men spent five months in the private prison, working as slave labourers fed mostly boiled rice and dirty water. When they