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• Asylum Seekers: Merry Christmas Island Brawl

  
  Crooked in Canada — Authority: 129
  What do you get when you put a bunch of Afghan and Sri Lankan asylum seekers together on an island just off the coast of Australia?  A huge brawl on Christmas Island, but one that the only damage caused is to one another. Like WTF man, what were these clowns trying to prove. Like wasn’t one of the reasons they ...
  3 hours ago

• when in rome...

  
  n e u f n e u f — Authority: 445
  [click image] Forced labour and rape, the new face of slavery in America Paul Harris in Dayton, Ohio The Observer, Sunday 22 November 2009 Human trafficking has become a major issue in the Midwest heartland of America, causing some campaigners to dub it a modern form of slavery. Figures from the State ...
  8 hours ago

• Human Trafficking, Justice, and CSI

  
  God's Politics Blog — Authority: 660
  I’ve gotten used to popular TV shows going the after-school special route and highlighting some issue or another.  Granted, it boosts their ratings, but it also brings attention to issues that need attention.  So I was intrigued recently when the…
  17 hours ago

• Human Trafficking: Despite the talk, people smuggling from Indonesia to Australia continues to flourish

  
  i On Global Trends - Mike Hitchen Online - news, opinion, analysis — Authority: 490
  People smuggling networks taking asylum seekers from Indonesia to Australia are flourishing despite Jakartas pledges to combat the trade.Al Jazeeras Step Vaessen gained rare access to a network of smugglers who revealed some of their closely-guarded methods.These include using secret compartments taking asylum seekers ...
  1 day ago

• Shocking rise of new slavery in America

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  In the Midwestern heartland, police are encountering a new social evil: trafficking, often involving women and children who are forced to work as prostitutes or unpaid labour; and the outcomes can be brutal. Human trafficking has become a major issue in the Midwest heartland of America, causing some campaigners to ...
  2 days ago

• Aaron Cohen - the slave hunter

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Aaron Cohen travels the world, rescuing girls sold into prostitution. He tells Carole Cadwalladr why he does it – and how a suburban kid turned heroin addict became a human rights campaigner I dont know where to even start with Aaron Cohen. With his day job, springing imprisoned girls out of brothels? With his ...
  2 days ago

• Shaniya Davis’ Father Bradley Lockhart Appears On ‘Oprah Winfrey Show’

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  By Gina GomezNov.21, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Bradley Lockhart, father of Shaniya Davis [the young girl who was raped and murdered] appeared in the ‘Oprah Winfrey Show‘ on Friday. The show was watched by a large number of people as this was the first time that the father of the deceased girl was appearing on television ...
  2 days ago

• Shaniya Davis’ father Bradley Lockhart in an interview with Oprah

  
  Rising Sun of Nihon — Authority: 436
  Bradley Lockhart, Shaniya Davis’ father was on Oprah Friday, speaking about the death of his five year old daughter; her cause of death has been determined as asphyxiation. Bradley Lockhart was visibly upset today during his interview on The Oprah Show, and his sister who watched Shaniya most of the time joined in ...
  3 days ago

• Prom Baby! – Word count: 37,533

  
  Four Minutes Older — Authority: 125
  Enid lay in wait under a clump of bushes on the very edge of Big Mesa High School’s parking lot. She would wait until the cheerleaders and football, soccer and tennis players left practice and walked out to their cars, then pick them off one by one. She still had the broken root beer bottle and Elizabeth’s trusty ...
  3 days ago

• Shaniya Davis Was Raped & Murdered: Sources

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  By Meena Kar Nov.20, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The autopsy report of 5 year old girl Shaniya Davis who was missing from her house, once again highlighted how children are send into the human trafficking business. Police officials on Thursday evening declared the preliminary autopsy reports and said that someone had raped the ...
  3 days ago

• Prom Baby! – Word count: 34,960

  
  Four Minutes Older — Authority: 125
  “All right, girls,” Mr. Jaworski said, sitting down behind Mr. Collins’ desk. “I guess the first thing we’ll do is take attendance.” It took almost half an hour for Mr. Jaworski to call out all the names of the girls in the class, noting that Elizabeth was missing. “OK. Now that we’ve done that, ...
  4 days ago

• Help your cause while helping human trafficking survivors

  
  The Just Life — Authority: 163
  Times are tough for charities and donations are down. In tough times we need to work together, so Made By Survivors has created a program that lets you support your favorite charity while helping survivors of human trafficking and slavery.All you have to do is fill out this form and let us know about [...]
  4 days ago

• Trafficking Children

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 551
  I’m a nightly watcher of the show Nancy Grace. There is a story on there now about a woman possibly trafficking her five year old daughter out. Her five year old daughter is now dead. My heart goes out to what this little girl had to face, to her daddy whom is just devastated, and the rest of the little girls ...
  4 days ago

• Shopping and Saving the World: A Guide to Feel-Good Gift Giving (Part I)

  
  Washington Area Women's Foundation — Authority: 119
  Proceeds from this RIJI Green bag go to victims of human trafficking. Believe it or not, I’ve already started my holiday shopping. I know what you’re thinking: I’ve been suckered by Corporate America with their October Christmas decorations, and their pre-Thanksgiving Christmas carol playing, and their ...
  4 days ago

• Legal Items: Asylum/EU, ECHR & Human Trafficking Victims, Gender & Refugee Convention, IDPs & Intl. Law

  
  Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog — Authority: 425
  Advancing a Gendered Interpretation of the Refugee Convention: Refugee Appeal No. 76044 (New Zealand Refugee Law, Sept. 2009) [text]The Common European Asylum System with particular reference to the Qualification Directive (2004/83/EC) (QD) and the Procedures Directive (2005/85/EC) (PD) (IARLJ, Oct. 2009) ...
  4 days ago

• Help your cause while helping human trafficking survivors

  
  The Just Life — Authority: 163
  Times are tough for charities and donations are down. In tough times we need to work together, so Made By Survivors has created a program that lets you support your favorite charity while helping survivors of human trafficking and slavery.All you have to do is fill out this form and let us know about [...]
  5 days ago

• African chiefs urged to apologise for slave trade

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Nigerian civil rights group says tribal leaders ancestors sold people to slavers and should say sorry like US and Britain Traditional African rulers whose ancestors collaborated with European and Arab slave traders should follow Britain and the United States by publicly saying sorry, according to human rights ...
  5 days ago

• Mexican Citizen Sentenced for Participation in Running a New York Sexual Slavery Ring

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 453
  Consuelo Carreto Valencia, a member of the Carreto family sex trafficking ring that operated between Mexico and Queens, N.Y., has been sentenced to 121 months in prison for benefitting financially from her participation in the organization, which transported young Mexican women to the United States and forced them ...
  5 days ago

• Shaniya Davis Autopsy Report To Reveal Death Cause

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  By Meena KarNov.18, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The dead body of the 5 year old toddler Shaniya Davis, which was discovered from a road of North Carolina- had shocked everyone who were searching for the girl for almost a week. Police officials of Fayetville had confirmed the news of Shaniya Davis’ death on Tuesday, yet they ...
  5 days ago

• Sri Lanka: Detained refugees say they will take the chance again

  
  i On Global Trends - Mike Hitchen Online - news, opinion, analysis — Authority: 490
  Small groups of migrants are crammed into 46-foot fibreglass boats such as these vessels, while bigger trawlers are used to ferry larger numbersA grim boat journey partly spent in an airless hold, surviving a storm and running afoul of Australian security officers were still not enough to dim the hopes of some ...
  6 days ago

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