by Free the Slaves | Feb 22, 2012 | Brazil, Slavery in the News
Some interesting and inspiring stories came out in the news this week: Former “slaves” build Brazil World Cup stadium (Reuters) This is a beautiful story about a Brazilian anti-slavery program which places formerly enslaved laborers into legitimate...
by Free the Slaves | Oct 4, 2010 | FTS Updates, Slavery in the News
A Sunday article in the Guardian, connecting globalization to slavery, sourced two Free the Slaves representatives: our President Kevin Bales, and our board member and 2008 Freedom Award winner Xavier Plassat. Journalist Felicity Lawrence specializes in exposing...
by Free the Slaves | Sep 30, 2010 | Slavery in the News
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called for the eradication of coal power at the 2010 Annual Thomas W. Ewing Lecture at Millikin University in Illinois last week. Kennedy, an environmental lawyer and son of assassinated 1968 presidential hopeful Bobby Kennedy, said that...
by Free the Slaves | Sep 16, 2010 | Slavery in the News
Inside Costa Rica: Brazil publishes guide for human trafficking victims abroad: “The objective of the guide is to prevent Brazilians who go abroad from becoming targets of sexual exploitation networks, the foreign ministry said. The booklet, published in English...
by Free the Slaves | Sep 3, 2010 | FTS Updates
Free the Slaves Director of Programs, Karen Stauss was quoted in an AOL News article covering the all male and transgender sex trafficking ring busted in Spain earlier this week. AOL’s Dana Kennedy writes: In Twist to Sex Trade, Spain Busts Male Prostitute Ring...
