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Re-sentencing in case of sexual slavery of mentally ill
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Linda Kaufman and her husband were convicted in November 2006 of enslaving the home's residents, forcing them to work naked and perform sex acts while billing the government and their families for the "therapy."

Chakarova's 'Price of Sex' Reveals Sex Marketplace
Source: Women's eNews

For the seven-year-long investigative series, Chakarova delved deep into the murky world of sex trafficking, interviewing dozens of women--and even posing as a trafficked woman herself.

Sex Slaves and Forced Labor Top the List for Human Trafficking from the UN
Source: CNN

The article tells of the human trafficking happening to women in the capitol of Russia. Another thing about this article is it is talking about the women being involved in the crime. They are actually involved with taking other women.

Anguish of story can haunt journalists
Source: The Washington Times

This article addresses what I experienced as I read the depositions of those Brazilian Indian girls that described being lured into child sex tourism.

Ki-Moon urged to end rape of Baluchistan

LONDON: A London-based human rights organization has approached the United Nations secretary-general to end the illegal detention of Baloch women and the sexual crimes committed against them by the Pakistani Army in Gestapo-style military dungeons.

Rape, sex slavery used 'to correct genes'

A 23-year-old woman school teacher forced into sex slavery by the Pakistan army is among 429 people, including 70 women, who were abducted by Pakistani soldiers from the renegade Baluchistan province in 2005 and are officially still missing, a key human rights group in Asia has d …

Probe urged into sex slavery
Source: Scoop

The premier Asian Human Rights Commission based in Hong Kong has condemned Pakistan army torture cells where abducted women from the renegade province of Baluchistan are forced into sex slavery.

Woman Accused of Being Spy, Forced into Sex Slavery

WASHINGTON DC: A man who press reports said survived Pakistan's military Gestapo, has accused the soldiers of the South Asian nation of forcing tribal women from Baluchistan into sex slavery. Munir Mengal, 32, chief executive officer of an aborted Pakistani television channel …

Nick Kristof: If This Isn't Slavery, What Is? -- the trafficking of girls into brothels
Source: The New York Times

Barack Obama's presidency marks a triumph over the legacy of slavery, so it would be particularly meaningful if he led a new abolitionist movement against 21st-century slavery — like the trafficking of girls into brothels.

Joran van der Sloot: "I sold Natalee Holloway for $10,000"

In yet the latest tale from the Dutch boy who can not tell the truth, Joran van der Sloot has another new/revised story to explain his role in the disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway.

Thom Hartmann: Happy Columbus Day -- If you celebrate Sex-Slavery & Genocide, that is...
Source: Common Dreams

While Columbus once referred to the Taino Indians as cannibals, a story made up by Columbus - which is to this day still taught in some US schools - to help justify his slaughter and enslavement of these people.

Respond To The Abolitionists' Call To End ALL Slavery Everywhere!

Minutes after I was done writing a new column about human slave and/or sex-slave trafficking, I got an e-mail from a dear soul who told me to go to wwww.callandresponse.com, which I immediately did and was shocked even more than what led me to write the last blog.

No Time To Waste: Human Trafficking (Slavery) Needs To Be Abolished

Any kind of trafficking in human beings, whether for economic and/or sex slavery, is morally abhorrent and should be condemned. More than that, however, it should be stopped. Yet how many people even know about this epidemic? Among them, how many really care?

Emma Thompson Combats World Sex Slavery
Source: Newsweek

This is an urgent, eloquent, and important plea from award-winning actress and humanitarian Emma Thompson.

Women recount ordeal as sex slaves in Saudi Arabia
Source: INQUIRER.net Breaking News

Nearly three years after they were allegedly turned into sex slaves by a Saudi Arabian prince, Lina, 19 and Anna, 20, (not their real names) are still seeking justice and asking the government for help.

9 charged in sex slavery case in LA
Source: Yahoo! News

Nine Guatemalans were indicted for their roles in an alleged sex trafficking ring that lured young women to the United States with promises of good jobs and then forced them into prostitution, according to federal court records.

Sex Slavery: A Hard Reality

Sitting captive in a brothel bedroom in Velesta, Macedonia, a woman by the name of Olga found the strength to tell her story to inquiring journalists; even at the risk of death.Wincing from pain throughout the interview, the 19-year-old young woman had an infected puncture wound  …

Historians offer fresh evidence Japan's military forced women into brothels
Source: mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp

Evidence submitted to the post-World War II trials of Japanese war criminals and acknowledged by the Japanese government shows its military forced Asian women into sexual slavery during the war, historians said Tuesday, citing newly unearthed documents.

Historian documents Japan's role in sex slavery
Source: International Herald Tribune

It was about 15 years ago, recalled Yoshiaki Yoshimi, a mild-mannered historian, that he grew fed up with the Japanese government's denials that the military had set up and run brothels throughout Asia during World War II.

Slavery today
Source: jeffweintraub.blogspot.com

Outlawing slavery has been one of the great and distinctive accomplishments of the modern era. I suspect that many people don't fully grasp what a startling historical innovation this has been.

World urged to fight sex slavery
Source: BBC News

-- Efforts to fight the global problem of human trafficking are being hampered by lack of reliable data, according to a report by a United Nations agency.

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