694 posts tagged trafficking
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Fifth Carnival Against Pornography and Prostitution is Up!
http://womensspace.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 15/ fifth-carnival-against-pornograp…At Debs’ place. The woman is tireless! And the carnival is amazing, as usual. Thanks for all you do, Debs! Heart
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Bloggers Unite for Human Rights
http://jafabrit.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ bloggers-unite-for-human-rights.htmlAmnesty International joins BlogCatalog and urges Bloggers Unite to fight for Human Rights News Release " ID" Every day men, women and children are murdered, raped, bullied, beaten, and tortured because they are the identified as being the wrong colour, wrong faith, wrong ethnicity, wrong beliefs, wrong politics,wrong this, wrong that, wrong!
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Radiohead and Human Trafficking
http://charlestlee.com/ 2008/ 05/ 14/ radiohead-and-human-trafficking/I just read a great blog entry by Eugene Cho about Radiohead’s new video (”All I Need”), in collaboration with MTV’s EXIT (End Exploitation and Trafficking) Campaign, that is spreading awareness about the reality of slavery.
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News: Human Trafficking a “Considerable Concern” in Spokane
http://freedomcenter.org/ freedom-forum/ index.php/ 2008/ 05/ news-human-traffic…News: Human Trafficking a “Considerable Concern” in Spokane Posted on May 14th, 2008 by Paul Bernish Many, perhaps most Americans probably think that human trafficking is more of an issue in other countries, but not the U.S. However, there’s growing evidence that trafficking in humans is becoming a serious domestic phenomenon.
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Indie Rockers Call for Human Freedom
http://www.urbanministry.org/ indie-rockers-call-human-freedomIndie rock band Radiohead released this video of "All I Need" on May 2nd to raise awareness of human trafficking for MTV's EXIT Campaign.
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Do-Gooder Marketers Do the Soft Sell
http://traffickingproject.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ do-gooder-marketers-do-soft-se…By Shahnaz Mahmud From AdWeek: The music video for Radiohead's "All I Need" begins with slow, somber musical beats and a split screen revealing images of children. One side shows a child waking up, dressing for school and eating breakfast. The other, youngsters living in dingy conditions and toiling in a sweatshop.
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Radiohead Takes On Human Trafficking
http://blogs.takepart.com/ 2008/ 05/ 14/ radiohead-takes-on-human-trafficking/Radiohead has taken on the issue of human trafficking, in addition to their work on climate change and their dedication environmental activism and carbon neutral performances. The band has joined forces with MTV to raise awareness about child slavery and sex trafficking.
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Teenagers from Nigeria trafficked to work for $13 month
http://blog.havocscope.com/ 2008/ 05/ 14/ teenagers-from-nigeria-trafficked-to-w…Girls between the ages of 12 to 17 are being trafficked in Nigeria to work as domestic help. From the AFP: The trafficking of teenage girls from poor villages to northern Nigerian cities to work as domestic help for meagre wages is on the rise, officials said at the weekend.
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Colombia Extradites Top Paramilitary Leaders to US
http://www.netnewspublisher.com/ colombia-extradites-top-paramilitary-leaders-to…Colombia’s interior ministry says the government has extradited 14 top paramilitary leaders to the United States to face drug trafficking charges. The ministry says the 14 were extradited because they failed to comply with a peace deal in which they were to stop criminal activities and declare assets to be used to compensate victims.
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“all i need” by radiohead
http://eugenecho.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 14/ all-i-need-by-radiohead/“all i need” by radiohead Wednesday, May 14, 2008 Check out this music video for “All I Need” by Radiohead. Haunting and compelling as it highlights exploitation and trafficking. And before some of you freak out, I am not insituating that the global economy is about slavery. Of course not. But,