Nothing to see here. Anyone who says anything about it is a far right racist.
The men have been charged with more than 40 offences as part of an investigation into group-based child sexual exploitation in Bristol.
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The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has now authorised the following charges against seven men. The charges relate to 11 victims in total, who were aged in their mid to late teens at the time of the alleged offences:
Mohamed Arafe, 19, of Speedwell in Bristol. He is Syrian and his self-defined ethnicity is Arab. He has been charged with five counts of arranging or facilitating the sexual exploitation of a child, one count of causing or inciting the sexual exploitation of a child, one count of sexual assault, one count of being concerned in the supply of cocaine and a further count of being concerned in the supply of ecstasy.
Sina Omari, 20, of Fishponds in Bristol. He is Iranian and his self-defined ethnicity is Arab. He has been charged with two counts of rape, four counts of arranging or facilitating the sexual exploitation of a child, one count of causing or inciting the sexual exploitation of a child, two counts of making an indecent photograph of a child, one count of being concerned in the supply of cocaine and a further count of being concerned in the supply of ecstasy.
Wadie Sharaf, 21, of Redland in Bristol. He is Syrian and his self-defined ethnicity is Arab. He has been charged with one count of rape, one count of attempted rape, three counts of sexual assault, and a further count of sexual activity with a child.
Hussain Bashar, 19, of Southmead in Bristol. He is British and his self-defined ethnicity is ‘Any other’. He has been charged with one count of rape.
Mohammed Kurdi, 21, of Henbury in Bristol. He is British and his self-defined ethnicity is Arab. He has been charged with two counts of rape, two counts of arranging or facilitating the sexual exploitation of a child, one count of supplying a class A drug (ecstasy) and a further count of supplying a class B drug (cannabis).
Sardam Ahmed, 19, of no fixed address. He is Iraqi and his self-defined ethnicity is ‘mixed white and Asian’. He has been charged with four counts of rape, one count of arranging or facilitating the sexual exploitation of a child, one count of distributing an indecent photograph of a child, one count of being concerned in the supply of cocaine and a further count of being concerned in the supply of ecstasy.
Ihab Al-Eisawi, 26, of Hillfields in Bristol. He is Egyptian and his self-defined ethnicity is ‘Any other Asian background’. He has been charged with two counts of rape and one count of sexual assault.