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Slavery in Austria
Natascha Kampusch, a young Austrian woman who was enslaved for 8 1/2 years, and escaped last week, gave a round of interviews about her ordeal to Austrian press. Some limited video of one of the […]
Month: September 2006
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Rising tensions in Sudan
The body of a Sudanese journalist was found beheaded on a dirt road in Khartoum yesterday, Reuters reports. No one has claimed responsibility for the killing, but the editor, Mohamed Taha, was a supporter of […]
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A wake-up call for Darfur activists
The San Francisco Chronicle ran an op-ed by John Morlino this Sunday calling for increased public pressure from activist groups on Western governments and the international community to end the genocide in Darfur. While activist […]
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UNICEF Criticism on Child Trafficking in the UK
UNICEF, along with a national network of children rights advocates, released a report this week on child slavery in the UK. According to BBC News, UNICEF is concerned about the number of children that are […]