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New agriculture commissioner moves to protect Georgia’s leading industry
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New agriculture commissioner moves to protect Georgia’s leading industry

Six months into his new job, Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper, a native of Ocilla and a seventh-generation farmer, is moving to protect and promote Georgia agriculture — the state’s leading industry, with an annual economic impact of more than $74 billion. Enhancing food safety and security was among the priorities stressed on the campaign…

Testimony by Tara Lee Rodas for The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement
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Testimony by Tara Lee Rodas for The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement

Editor’s note: We are non-partisan. Children are being hurt. Please, watch, read, learn, and act accordingly. Hearing Date: Wednesday 04/26/2023 – 3:00 PM Hearing Location: 2141 Rayburn House Office Building The hearing, “The Biden Border Crisis: Exploitation of Unaccompanied Alien Children,” will examine the unprecedented surge of unaccompanied alien children at the southwest border and…

Briefing on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Countering Illicit Fentanyl Trafficking Hearing
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Briefing on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Countering Illicit Fentanyl Trafficking Hearing

Executive Summary Mexican Drug Cartels and Fentanyl Supply Chains Fentanyl precursors are transported from China to Mexico, where cartels produce fentanyl in labs and then typically traffic it to the United States through ports of entry at the border. Republicans and Democrats agree that the United States must work with China and Mexico to disrupt these…

Why our thinking on human rights at sea should not end with seafarers
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Why our thinking on human rights at sea should not end with seafarers

It is generally accepted that human rights apply at sea, although there is no convention recognizing or proclaiming the existence and extent of such rights. However, the rights of those at sea continue to be abused. In recent years, much of the focus has rightly been on seafarers and the situation is improving, although there…

NBI to probe ’fake exit’ stamp in human trafficking
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NBI to probe ’fake exit’ stamp in human trafficking

Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla has asked the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to probe the use of fake stamps at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in facilitating the departure of trafficked individuals. “We’re already investigating that. We’re asking the NBI to investigate it,” Remulla said during an ambush interview on Thursday. During a…

Measures to fight against human trafficking were held in two regions of Turkmenistan
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Measures to fight against human trafficking were held in two regions of Turkmenistan

AKIPRESS.COM – A training on fighting against human trafficking and the information campaign “Study. Take action. Share” for youth, civil society and government representatives was held in the cities of Dashoguz and Turkmenabat, as well as in the Gyorogly and Chardzhev regions, from November 10 to 18. The events were organized by the International Organization…

MIAA probes fake airport passes used for human trafficking – Inquirer.net
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MIAA probes fake airport passes used for human trafficking – Inquirer.net

MANILA, Philippines — A deep-dive investigation has been ordered by the chief of the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) into the alleged use of fraudulent airport passes for human trafficking activities after four passengers masquerading as airport employees were arrested recently. “Following yesterday’s Senate hearing on trafficked overseas Filipino workers in Myanmar, MIAA General Manager…

The ‘money wife’, a barbaric tradition in Cross Rivers robbing underage girls of their childhoods, turning them into sex slaves
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The ‘money wife’, a barbaric tradition in Cross Rivers robbing underage girls of their childhoods, turning them into sex slaves

A barbaric tradition known as “Money wife” in a remote village in Cross river state called Becheve where girls as young as 10 years old are being sold into marriage has been uncovered. Editor’s note: here is another related story. A Twitter user by name Tunde Onakoya who runs a Non-Governmental Organisation running a program…

Kazakhstan's New Measures to Protect Human Rights – Modern Diplomacy
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Kazakhstan's New Measures to Protect Human Rights – Modern Diplomacy

Seemingly, the relations between Russia and Kyrgyzstan have not changed since the commencement of Russia’s special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine. Kyrgyzstan continues to emphasize the importance of its strategic alliance with Russia, whereas the Russian leadership accentuates the significance of the Kyrgyz Republic (KR) in trade, economic and security issues. Meanwhile, Kyrgyz President Sadyr…