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African man gets 11 years for child slavery
A Detroit federal judge sentenced a man Monday morning to 11 years in prison for forcing four children to clean his Ypsilanti home for nearly four years. Prosecutors have also asked the judge to pay two of the kids $60...
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Scientology – Bountiful - Child Abuse and Exploitation
Whether it is our grandparents in a retirement home or innocent children enslaved in a dangerous cult, there are laws that protect all humans from abuse and exploitation. Yet, we see all too often, governments that turn a blind eye...
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Child sex trafficking prompts Californians Against Slavery, CASE Act 2012
San Francisco is unfortunately in the top 10 on a national list that will surprise many residents. According to the federal government, it's number 7 of the 13 High Intensity Child Prostitution Areas in America. And...
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Author told Library of Congress about rescuing Ethiopian Jewish girl slave (Photos)
"I bought and paid for a human being, a young girl, in a dusty town in Ethiopia just over 20 years ago. It sparked a mob and an attack on us," author Judie Oron told an audience at...
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Author who rescued Ethiopian Jewish girl from slavery spoke in DC April 23
Judie Oron, who wrote "Cry of the Giraffe" about an Ethiopian Jewish girl she rescued from slavery, discussed her award-winning book at the Library of Congress April 23.Oron, a Canadian/Israeli journalist, risked her life to...
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Author and journalist Lucia Mann writes new book on modern slavery
In January, MSNBC.com posted a report of its four-month investigation into a slavery network emanating in Eastern Europe. Every year, it says, some 200,000 women and girls are smuggled out of impoverished former Soviet countries and...
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Haitian children: Hope or devastation?
Unfortunately, it is unknown that 300,000 children are living in slavery in Haiti. This means that 1 in every 15 children lives in restavek-a modern day form of child slavery. Haiti is considered the poorest nation in...
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Protest against Village Voice Media owner of Dallas Observer
The momentum against Village Voice Media is rising as people are joining in the fight to end sex ads on backpage.com. Protestors from organizations around New York are planning to protest in front of there headquarters in New York...
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58:The Film
58: The Film portrays one of life’s most destructive forces—poverty.Poverty destroys lives and hope. It can cause poor health, malnutrition, illiteracy, despair . . . Yet all the Christians in the USA alone have the ability to...
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E-tunes for Empowerment: "I Am My Own" song by Tiana Star
Check here on weekends for an installment of empowering songs that Kinyofu recommends.║«»║«»║«»║«»║«»║«»║«»║«»║«»║«»║ ...
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