Originally published for The New Zealand Herald on August 28, 2014— “Two people have been charged with human trafficking after 18 Indian men were trafficked into New Zealand to work in the horticulture industry, Immigration New Zealand says. It is the first time human trafficking charges have been laid in this country. Two men were … More Human Trafficking Charges Laid in NZ for First Time
By Sam Jones for The Guardian on August 22, 2014— “The outgoing UN human rights commissioner has launched a blistering attack on the UN security council, saying that “international paralysis” and competing national agendas have cost hundreds of thousands of lives and allowed “killers, destroyers and torturers” in Syria to believe they can act with … More UN Human Rights Commissioner Attacks Security Council for Failure over Syria
Originally published by Andrew Gilbert on Berkleyside on August 22, 2014— “Human rights organizations often depend on the media’s megaphone, calling malefactors to account by publicizing their misdeeds. So it’s something of a paradox that Berkeley’s most influential and visionary NGO dedicated to the international struggle for human rights, the Human Rights Center at UC Berkeley School … More Human Rights Made Strikingly Visible at Berkeley Show
Originally posted on Yahoo News Digest on August 24, 2014— “Niger’s agriculture minister has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in a baby-trafficking network, a spokesman for his political party said on Saturday. The arrest of Abdou Labo, a senior figure in President Mahamadou Issoufou’s ruling coalition, comes after 17 people, including his wife and … More Niger Detains Agriculture Minister over Suspected Child Trafficking
By Charlotte Alter for Time.com on August 8, 2014— “Jim Norton isn’t entitled to sex, but women are entitled to human dignity After a nationwide crackdown on men who buy sex in the 8th National Day of Johns Arrests earlier this week, comedian Jim Norton wrote an essay asserting his right to pay prostitutes for … More Dear Johns: Actually, You Should Be Ashamed to Buy Sex
Reposted from Yahoo News Digest Tumblr— “When FBI agents and police officers fanned out across the country last month in a weeklong effort to rescue child sex trafficking victims, they pulled minors as young as 11 from hotel rooms, truck stops and homes. Among the 168 juveniles recovered was a population that child welfare advocates … More Whose Kids? Trafficking Bust Reveals Scary Reality Over Missing Children
By Bill Hand, Sun Journal Staff, July 19, 2014— “Human trafficking is alive and well in Eastern North Carolina and even in Craven County, according to a panel hosted by True Justice International Friday night, and the battle is on to put an end to it. The ministry, formerly known as Pearl Ministries, held a … More Human Trafficking Can Happen to the Child Next Door
By Alan Johnson for The Columbus Dispatch on July 11, 2014— “Ohio children younger than 6 have been sexually trafficked by their own parents in exchange for drugs, rent and cash, a new report indicates. Information from the Ohio Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers shows that 51 minors from across the state were potential human-trafficking victims — five of them … More Ohio Children Sexually Trafficked By Their Own Parents in Exchange for Drugs
Dave Marquis for KXTV on July 10, 2014— “The operators of a pair of massage parlors are facing charges for prostitution and conspiracy after raids in Auburn and Nevada City on Wednesday. The Placer Special Investigation Unit and police from Auburn and Nevada City conducted the joint raids at Asian Massage Therapy in Auburn and … More NEVADA CITY: Massage Parlors Busted for Human Trafficking
By ELISE HILTON for Acton PowerBlog on June 24, 2014— “A nation-wide sweep last week by the FBI netted the arrest of almost 300 human traffickers and rescued 168 underage trafficking victims. “Operation Cross Country” was carried out in 106 cities across the U.S., the 8th such sting of its kind by the FBI. Since the beginning of this … More ‘These Are Our Children:’ FBI Sting Rescues 168 Human Trafficking Victims
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