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UN Special Rapporteur Siobhán Mullally arrived in Bangladesh today (October 31, 2022) on a 10-day official visit to assess the human rights issue of trafficking in persons. “I will pay particular attention to the main challenges to ensuring the human rights of victims, and effective prevention of trafficking,” she said in a statement. A particular…
Terry FitzPatrick October 20, 2022 The Honorable Chris Magnus Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20229 Re: Open Letter on Trade Data Transparency Dear Commissioner Magnus, The undersigned organizations and advocates write to express our collective outrage at a recent proposal driven by industry groups as part of…
At least four people including a child died as a Malaysia-bound trawler carrying Rohingya refugees sunk off the coast of Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar yesterday morning. According to some survivors, the refugees were being trafficked to Malaysia by a local syndicate. The bodies of three women and a child aged four or five, all of whom…
BANGKOK: A Myanmar man and his Thai wife who were allegedly involved in a human trafficking syndicate linked to transit camps and mass graves found in 2015 in Wang Kelian – located in the Malaysian …
With roosters crowing in the background as he speaks from the crowded refugee camp in Bangladesh that’s been his home since 2017, Maung Sawyeddollah, 21, describes what happened when violent hate speech and disinformation targeting the Rohingya minority in Myanmar began to spread on Facebook. “We were good with most of the people there. But…
Faridabad: The Haryana chief minister’s flying squad busted a human trafficking racket in Faridabad and arrested three people, including two women in this regard. One of the women arrested is associated with an NGO based in Delhi, which is run by her family. The arrests were made after the CMs flying squad received intelligence inputs…
Almost every country has the ‘right to live freely’ as their fundamental right today. However, millions of children and adults are still being exploited for other people’s commercial and personal gains. The United Nations (UN) has shared data confirming that last year around 50 million people were trapped in ‘modern slavery’. The data was released…
Geneva – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) calls on the international community to take urgent action to ensure long-term development and sustainable humanitarian assistance for Rohingya refugees and host communities. August 25 marks five years since the first of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya men, women, boys, and girls fled violence and persecution in…
ECPAT International is proud to announce the release of a new ECPAT Country Overview. Children in Bangladesh face increased vulnerability to sexual exploitation due to factors such as poverty, widespread physical violence and insecurity caused by extreme weather and natural disasters. BANGLADESH—In cooperation with the Association for Community Development (ACD) and the Down to Zero…
Thailand’s Assistant national police chief, Pol Lt-Gen Surachate Hakparn, said the 55-year-old man and his wife, who were carrying Malaysian passports, fled from Thailand to Kuala Lumpur (in 2015) and changed their name to escape their criminal past and evade police detection. ― Reuters pic Saturday, 03 Sep 2022 11:59 AM MYT BANGKOK, Sept 3…
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