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One Woman’s 45 Years of Confinement Shine a Shameful Light on Psychiatry
Thousands of people with autism and learning difficulties remain locked up inside the UK’s insidious psychiatric system for no reason—and with little hope of release.
HUMAN RIGHTS
New Documentary “The Slave in Your Backyard” Chronicles Pervasiveness of “Everyday Trafficking”
By exposing the sex trafficking that goes on everywhere, these filmmakers are advocates for the kind of change that can only start with awareness.
HUMAN RIGHTS
Six Convicted for Trafficking Migrants Into Forced Labor on UK Cannabis Farms
“Debt bondage” victims found themselves kidnapped and enslaved on illegal cannabis farms, servicing a pot industry that is booming in the UK.
HUMAN RIGHTS
National Human Trafficking Prevention Month Calls Attention to Horrors of Sexual Exploitation
Undercover operatives work tirelessly to break up forced labor and sex trafficking networks, confronting “things that cannot be unseen.”
HUMAN RIGHTS
US Sex Trafficking Rate Doubles to Highest Ever
Sex trafficking has exploded in the US, with a crime rate some 1,000 times greater than in 2009. It is now the second fastest-growing crime in the world.
HUMAN RIGHTS
Convicted Trafficking Ring Leaders Used McDonald’s as a Pretext for Slavery
An English outpost of the burger chain is the unwitting enabler of a profitable racket run by a gang of Czech criminals, trapping victims into turning over their income—and their freedom.
HUMAN RIGHTS
Nicole Crellin: Making Human Rights a Canadian Reality by Advocating for Mandatory Education in Schools
In a nation where hate crimes are committed every three hours around the clock, she’s looking for solutions that start with children.
HUMAN RIGHTS
18th International Youth Summit Unites and Transforms Next Generation of Human Rights Warriors
The preeminent human rights conference commenced on Nelson Mandela International Day, historically a call to fight for freedom, promote peace, reconciliation and cultural diversity.
HUMAN RIGHTS
The Misery of Sex Trafficking in Cambodia—“Finding Home” Documentary Sheds Light on Painful Reality
Western activists play a pivotal role in rescuing and rehabilitating women and girls from the thriving sex trafficking industry in Cambodia.
