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ACHPR chair urges action on human rights amidst rising challenges
09 May 2025 12:55 GMT
… these pressing challenges and promoting human rights across Africa.
Referencing ACHPR … , Ethiopia, and Mali, where human rights defenders, journalists, and media professionals … right for those impacted by slavery, colonization, and systemic discrimination.
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Modern slavery: The human cost of Kenya’s Gulf labour pipeline
10 May 2025 08:07 GMT
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became an anti-modern slavery activist, social entrepreneur, … Global Commission on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking warned …
commitments to eradicate modern slavery and human trafficking by … that will sell off your human rights and dignity,” she advises. …
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Mass Immigrant Deportations: Trump Administration Rolls Back Decades of Human Rights Progress , Say Civil Society Groups
09 May 2025 04:43 GMT
… uphold its obligations under international human rights law, including the 1951 Refugee … a rollback of decades of human rights progress,” the statement declared, highlighting … demanding reparations for centuries of slavery and colonization but also in …
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Red sand, dresses highlight human rights issues
08 May 2025 11:18 GMT
BRAINERD — Bright red sand filled in the cracks surrounding Central Lakes College on Wednesday, May 7, as a tribute to some of the most vulnerable.
Red dresses waved in the wind from surrounding trees to hit the point home.
The Red Sand Project aims to …
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Modern slavery victims opt to stay with exploiters for fear of deportation, research finds
09 May 2025 15:10 GMT
… found.
The independent anti-slavery commissioner, Eleanor Lyons, said … introduction of the Modern Slavery Act, the landmark piece … is from the Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centreat … 17,120 potential modern slavery victims were referred to …
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ACHPR83: Groundbreaking report on situation of human rights defenders in the island States of Africa
07 May 2025 15:15 GMT
… faced by environmental and women human rights defenders.
Nirinarisoa Prisca Andrianalivelo, … , better implementation of existing human rights instruments, and increased visibility … their rights, especially victims of slavery. Previously, she advocated for …
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Capitol rally demands end to forced prison labor
11 May 2025 02:42 GMT
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The rally, dubbed “End Slavery Day on the Hill,” gathered … the 2025 Bill to End Slavery in Minnesota.
Stay in … University of Chicago’s Global Human Rights Clinic, has raised concerns about … a sign that read, “Abolish Slavery.” “Today, we’re saying …
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HABEMUS PAPAM: Leo XIV, the First American-Peruvian Pope with Black Heritage
11 May 2025 01:35 GMT
… -American roots dating back to slavery days.
He said the pontiff … drug trade, corruption, poverty and human rights violations threaten global peace, the …
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From “Corporate Communism” to Modern Slavery: How China and Global Elites Are Destroying Western Industry Under the Guise of Free Trade
07 May 2025 16:19 GMT
The global population under thirty has grown up in an environment of total consumerism, where low-price items from the People’s Republic of China predominate.
It’s very likely that most of them have never consumed a product not manufactured in Chinese …
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Oxford law student jailed for modern slavery offences
07 May 2025 12:54 GMT
… following conviction for modern slavery offences.
Lydia Mugambe, 50 … in law — specialising in human rights — at Pembroke College, University … on suspicion of modern slavery offences.
Mugambe has now … further your interest in human rights law by undertaking a …