LA Times: "Proposition 35, an effort to increase prison sentences and fines for human traffickers, has passed."
Human Trafficking
In Obama’s Speech, Their Voices
Nicholas Kristof: "If Representative Todd Akin’s remarks about “legitimate rape” provoked an uproar, shouldn’t it be incomparably more offensive that millions of human beings are still trafficked in the 21st century? Yet the world often scorns the victims and sees them as criminals: these girls are the lepers of the 21st century. So bravo to … Continue reading In Obama’s Speech, Their Voices
Fighting Back, One Brothel Raid at a Time
Nicholas Kristof: "It’s partly because of grass-roots activists like Somaly, both in the United States and abroad, that human trafficking is increasingly recognized as a central human rights challenge. A U.N. agency estimates that more than 12 million people are engaged in forced labor, including sexual servitude."
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