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FTS Urges Congress and White House: Don’t Sacrifice Protection of Child Slaves

by Terry FitzPatrick | Jul 28, 2014 | Slavery in the News, Take Action

This week may bring key votes in Congress responding to the increase in child refugees entering the United States from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. Some of these children are fleeing widespread slavery in their home countries. But one of the policy revisions...

Russia, China Among Worst in World in Combating Slavery as Annual U.S. Trafficking Report Released

by Terry FitzPatrick | Jun 19, 2013 | Slavery in the News, Uncategorized

Two economic powerhouses were downgraded today in the U.S. State Department’s  country-by-country annual review of global efforts to reduce trafficking and modern-day slavery. Russia and China – as well as Uzbekistan — were given “Tier 3” status in the 2013...

FTS Urges Congressional Action to Bring Peace to Congo

by Free the Slaves | Jun 6, 2013 | Congo, Take Action

FTS has joined 11 other humanitarian and human rights organizations to urge congressional action on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as security conditions threaten to worsen in volatile eastern sections of the country. “We are at a crucial time for the...

Call for Kerry to Watchdog Trafficking Watch List

by Free the Slaves | May 13, 2013 | Take Action

Anticipation is building for the release of this year’s Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report from the U.S. State Department. The report has become an important diplomatic tool in the fight against modern-day slavery. Businesses also use the rankings to understand the...

Did Obama Get Our Memo, or Our Message? Find Out at Noon ET.

by Terry FitzPatrick | Sep 25, 2012 | FTS Updates, Take Action

President Barack Obama is scheduled to speak about slavery at noon ET today, at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York. You can watch live here or here. Administration officials have been asking anti-slavery activists for several months if there is more that the...

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