Burma angered as EU backs UN investigation into plight of Rohingya Muslims | The Independent:
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Trafficking Victims Suffer Mentally, Physically
"The study published in The Lancet Global Health medical journal is the largest ever done on the mental and physical health of trafficking victims. It’s a joint effort by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the International Organization for Migration."
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Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Friday, June 12, 2015
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Monday, May 25, 2015
Saturday, May 16, 2015
Don’t ignore Malaysia’s poor ranking on US trafficking chart, PM told | Malaysia | Malay Mail Online
“The prime minister’s statement is a joke given Malaysia’s atrocious record on human trafficking and the lack of political will to undertake meaningful steps in order to address these serious shortcomings,” Ong said in a statement here.
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Thursday, May 7, 2015
Saturday, May 2, 2015
Youths rise against human traffickers - Nation | The Star Online
“We also want to highlight cases happening in our own backyard. Something serious must be done.”
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Global concern grows as Rohingya bodies surface in Thailand | Mizzima
According to Human Rights Watch, a joint Thai military-police taskforce found the bodies at an abandoned human trafficking camp.
See more at: http://www.mizzima.com/news-international/global-concern-grows-rohingya-bodies-surface-thailand#sthash.NPK3mQLZ.dpuf
Monday, April 20, 2015
Human traffickers find easy prey among Myanmar's minorities | Public Radio International
It’s been 47 days since Abdul, a scrawny Rohingya male in his 40s, sent his 14-year-old daughter Dildar away from the Internally Displaced Persons camp where they’d been living in squalid conditions with little food or health care. Dildar left on a fishing boat crammed with other Rohingya Muslims escaping oppression in Rakhine state in the westernmost part of Myanmar, the country formerly called Burma.
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Thursday, January 15, 2015
2014 In Human Trafficking | International Political Forum
The pressure of unprecedented globalisation has meant that human trafficking and modern day slavery are inescapable realities of our political system. From Pope Francis declaring human trafficking as a “crime against humanity” to forced labourin Thailand’s seafood industry, the issue of human trafficking has been contemplated in 2014 in a way that it has not been before. Contemplation, however, does not effectively tackle the unfavourable issue of human trafficking; neither does it halt thegrowing vulnerability of migrants in a period of brisk economic change. A new year entails a new direction, and a contemporary approach to a perennial issue.
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Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Trafficking study urges governments to facilitate safe migration in Mekong Sub-Region | Society | Thanh Nien Daily
“This is the first time we can confirm, with empirical evidence, that prevention work that relies on raising awareness is not enough. Young people will continue to migrate. It’s time trafficking prevention agencies shift the focus of prevention work to safe migration,” said John Whan Yoon, World Vision’s End Trafficking in Persons Regional Program Manager.
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Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Act now on slavery shame | Bangkok Post: opinion
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha met Myanmar President Thein Sein at the 25th Asean Summit in Nay Pyi Taw this week. Unfortunately, global attention was not so much on the economic dreams the pair wanted...
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Friday, October 17, 2014
Migrants kidnapped in Bangladesh and trafficked to Thailand | Free Malaysia Today
PHANG NGA: People-smugglers kidnapped dozens of Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh after duping them with fake job offers, and trafficked them to a rubber plantation in southern Thailand, officials said Sunday.
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Tuesday, September 2, 2014
British Researcher Andy Hall Faces Thai Jail For Reporting Alleged Migrant Worker Abuse
Source: Huffington Post UK
A British human rights campaigner is facing seven years in prison and a $10 million fine for uncovering appalling "modern slavery" conditions in a Thai pineapple factory.
A British human rights campaigner is facing seven years in prison and a $10 million fine for uncovering appalling "modern slavery" conditions in a Thai pineapple factory.
Andy Hall goes on trial Tuesday despite over 100 organisations and over 300,000 people signing petitions calling for his charges to be dropped. Human Rights Watch and Britain's Trade Union Congress are among the groups demanding that the "bogus" charges be dropped.
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Thursday, April 17, 2014
Thailand Charges Journalists for Human Trafficking Report
Source: VOA
BANGKOK — Two journalists in Thailand
are facing criminal charges for publishing a story about Thai security
forces' alleged involvement in trafficking Rohingya Muslims from Burma.
The story was originally produced by the Reuters news agency, which
this week won the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for its
coverage of the Rohingya issue.
April 16, 2014
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Burma: Trafficking worsens with war's return | Green Left Weekly
Source: Green Left Weekly
Je yang camp, located a 30 minutes drive on often unpaved or rocky
road from Laiza, the capital of rebels in Kachin State in northern
Burma, accommodates about 8000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
The wild landscape around the camp suggests the scenery would have been far more stunning without the presence of humans.
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The wild landscape around the camp suggests the scenery would have been far more stunning without the presence of humans.
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