Human Rights News

Local stylist sets up Freedom Boutique to help slavery victims (Post-Bulletin)

Saturday, 13 March 2010 13:45

Rochester hairstylist Patti Brown is setting up a Freedom Boutique at the Cutting Loose Hair Salon in Rochester later this month. The boutique will offer products either made by or benefiting people who have come out of human trafficking, slavery and abuse.

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Crisis of charity (Business Mirror)

Saturday, 13 March 2010 11:01

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Newport News mother gets 23 years for prostitution of daughter for drugs (Daily Press)

Saturday, 13 March 2010 09:45

A Newport News mother who allowed a man to sexually abuse her 10-year-old daughter during a drug binge at a Hampton motel was sentenced Friday to 23 years behind bars.

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UAE- Court jails three for five years for human trafficking (MENAFN)

Saturday, 13 March 2010 07:15

UAE- Court jails three for five years for human trafficking

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Flemington man charged with child abuse (MyCentralJersey.com)

Saturday, 13 March 2010 06:01

FLEMINGTON — Samual Sanchez, 31, of the Hunter Hills Apartments, has been charged with fourth-degree child abuse following an investigation by the Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office and Flemington Borough Police Department.

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Human Trafficking Survivor Leads Search for Solutions at The Daily Beast's Women in the World Conference (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Saturday, 13 March 2010 01:01

Human trafficking survivor Somaly Mam joins a powerful group of women leaders, including Hillary Clinton, Meryl Streep, Jacqueline Novogratz, Queen Rania of Jordan, Diane Sawyer, and Katie Couric, for the Daily Beast's Women in the World: Stories and Solutions Conference, March 12-14, 2010.

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Jefferson County man held in child abuse investigation (Denver Post)

Friday, 12 March 2010 21:15

A 23-year-old father has been arrested for investigation of child abuse after doctors found that his six-week old daughter had both a broken rib and a head injury.

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