Slavery in the News: This Week’s Top 10

We see slavery and trafficking stories throughout the world each week. It’s great news that journalists and bloggers are exposing the problem of slavery, and examining solutions to it. Awareness creates momentum for change. Here are 10 top stories that caught our eye: 1. Washington Examiner. “Live Webcast Brings Understanding to Challenges of Ending Slavery.” […]
July 13, 2012

We see slavery and trafficking stories throughout the world each week. It’s great news that journalists and bloggers are exposing the problem of slavery, and examining solutions to it. Awareness creates momentum for change. Here are 10 top stories that caught our eye:

1. Washington Examiner. “Live Webcast Brings Understanding to Challenges of Ending Slavery.”

<https://www.examiner.com/article/live-webcast-brings-understanding-to-challenges-of-ending-slavery>

2.  New York Times. “Forced Labor on American Shores.”

<https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/09/opinion/forced-labor-on-american-shores.html?_r=4&emc=eta1>

3. New York Times. “International Criminal Court Issues First Sentence.”

<https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/11/world/europe/international-criminal-court-issues-first-sentence.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>

4. News Daily. “Clinton Raps Vietnam on Rights, See Limits to its ties.”

<https://www.newsdaily.com/stories/bre8690wh-us-vietnam-usa/>

5. Business Mirror. “Congressmen seek probe of reports of child labor.”

<https://businessmirror.com.ph/home/economy/29695-congressmen-seek-probe-of-reports-of-child-labor->

6. Business Insider. “The Military is Using Contractors that Allegedly Treat Their Workers Like Slaves”

<https://www.businessinsider.com/aclu-human-rights-report-2012-7>

7. Huffington Post Blog. “Getting Real on Human Rights at the U.N.”

<https://www.huffingtonpost.com/ted-piccone/united-nations-human-rights-council_b_1651483.html>

8. New York Times. “China: Police Crack Down on Child Trafficking Rings.”

<https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/07/world/asia/china-police-crack-down-on-child-trafficking-rings.html?_r=1&emc=tnt&tntemail1=y>

9.  African Human Capital. “Rwanda: New Policy to Help Fight Child Labour.”

<https://www.africanhumancapital.com/rwanda-new-policy-to-help-fight-child-labour/>

10. Market Watch. “New TV and Online Ad Targets Backpage.com over Child Sex Trafficking Controversy.”

<https://www.marketwatch.com/story/new-tv-and-online-ad-targets-backpagecom-over-child-sex-trafficking-controversy-2012-07-09>


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