Originally posted by Cara Anna for The Associated Press on September 9, 2015— “Human Rights Watch is accusing the Sudanese military of another mass rape in Darfur. Members of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces raped at least 60 women in the country’s troubled western region, after taking over the town of Golo in January, according to … More Sudanese Forces Committed Mass Rape; Women Attacked in Hospitals
Human Rights Society endorses new anti-trafficking book, Collaborating Against Human Trafficking by Dr. Kirsten Foot “Dr. Kirsten Foot has given the anti-trafficking community a monumental gift with this book! It is a powerful tool to guide more effective collaboration as well as catalyzing more coalitions and networks locally, regionally, and globally. I recommend this book … More New ‘Collaborating Against Human Trafficking’ Book
Originally published by Birgit Schwarz for Human Rights Watch on August 18, 2015— “Ntsikelelo is small for his age, and quite a handful. One moment, the 8-year old rolls around on the floor, the next instant he paces the room, impatiently and with big strides. The colorful picture books his mother has spread out on … More Witness: Sidelined in South Africa For Being Different
Originally posted on mymodernmet.com on August 10, 2015, by Jenny Zhang— “Honolulu, Hawaii-based photographer and law student Diana Kim can trace her love of photography back to her father, who used to own a photography studio on O’ahu. Until just a few years ago, however, not much else connected father and daughter except for a … More Photographer Documenting the Homeless Discovers Her Own Father Among Them
Originally posted on Medium.com by Isis Anchalee on August 1, 2015— “You May Have Seen My Face on BART Hi, my name is Isis. I’m a full-stack engineer at OneLogin. They asked me to be one of four others participating recruiting campaign that was hastily planned and executed in 1 day. I was not personally … More The #ILookLikeAnEngineer Campaign Raises Awareness of Diversity Issues in Tech
Originally posted by Ian Urbina on NYTIMES.com on July 27, 2015— “Lang Long’s ordeal began in the back of a truck. After watching his younger siblings go hungry because their family’s rice patch in Cambodia could not provide for everyone, he accepted a trafficker’s offer to travel across the Thai border for a construction job. … More ‘SEA SLAVES’: The Human Misery That Feeds Pets & Livestock
Originally posted by Zach Carter on July 8, 2015 for HuffingtonPost.com— “The Obama administration will remove Malaysia from its official list of the world’s worst human trafficking offenders, according to Reuters, a move human rights advocates fear will damage U.S. credibility. The maneuver would allow the administration to continue negotiating a controversial trade agreement with … More Obama To Upgrade Malaysia On Human Rights Despite Mass Graves
” Nearly two weeks after Beijing launched one of its most comprehensive crackdowns on civil society in decades, at least six people remain missing – believed to have disappeared into the custody of China’s security services. Originally posted by Tom Phillips on TheGuardian.com on July 21, 2015— “At least 238 people have been detained or … More CHINA: At Least Six Missing After Clampdown on Human Rights Lawyer
Originally posted on CNN.com on July 21, 2015— To watch the VIDEO, click HERE.
Originally posted by Simon Shuster on July 17, 2015 for Time.com— “An investigation remains stymied one year after a plane with almost 300 people on board was shot down. There was never any lack of witnesses to the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which killed all 298 people on board. It happened in broad … More How Russia is Blocking Justice for the Victims of Flight 17
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