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Child marriage: the future of girls under the Taliban
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Child marriage: the future of girls under the Taliban

ByEyes on Trafficking News

At just ten years old, Raihana Mirzai is already engaged to be married to a man double her age. Unsurmountable debt has led her family to see this arrangement as their only viable way to survive. One year on from the Taliban taking control in Afghanistan, she is one of the many Afghan girls who…

Global Food Crisis Increases Forced Child Marriage – Eminetra Canada
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Global Food Crisis Increases Forced Child Marriage – Eminetra Canada

ByEyes on Trafficking News

OTTAWA — A global food crisis exacerbated by the war in Ukraine is leading to more underage girls being forced into marriage, Canadian aid agencies warn. Plan International Canada said there has been an alarming rise in the number of teenage girls in developing countries who are being forced into marriage because their families cannot…

Amid human trafficking hysteria, Utah refugees face false accusations – Axios
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Amid human trafficking hysteria, Utah refugees face false accusations – Axios

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Refugee advocates in Logan are trying to protect a group of Afghan men after a viral Tik Tok video last week wrongly accused them of human trafficking at a carnival. The men, who served alongside the U.S. military in Afghanistan, fled to Utah after the Taliban took over the country last year. What’s happening: The…

Child abortion patient just one of many young abuse victims – Canton Repository
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Child abortion patient just one of many young abuse victims – Canton Repository

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Editor’s note: this opinion piece makes some interesting comparisons between child pregnancies, child marriage, and trafficking. It is presented here as something to consider in your education about these issues. The shocking story of a 10-year-old Columbus girl who underwent an abortion in Indiana continues to reverberate and ricochet around the country. The child recently became an…

Leadership behind bars, Lev Tahor cult now seeking to move to Morocco, opponents say
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Leadership behind bars, Lev Tahor cult now seeking to move to Morocco, opponents say

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Beleaguered ultra-Orthodox cult Lev Tahor is seeking to move to Morocco, and recently received the blessing of a prominent Moroccan-Israeli rabbi with an international celebrity following, as the extremist group seeks footing after fleeing other countries and having its leadership imprisoned, an activist opposed to the group said. Uriel Goldman, one of Lev Tahor’s leaders,…

The most dangerous immigrant routes in the world: where (undocumented) immigrants most often die
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The most dangerous immigrant routes in the world: where (undocumented) immigrants most often die

ByEyes on Trafficking News

The world’s most dangerous immigrant routes: where illegal immigrants most often die. Photo: Shutterstock Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries have tightened border controls, which prompted illegal immigrants (editor’s note: people are not illegal – they may be undocumented, which is illegal, but a human is not an “illegal.” – bjc) to go en masse…

“Human trafficking, slavery & sexual exploitation,” from Afghanistan War Victims’ Voices
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“Human trafficking, slavery & sexual exploitation,” from Afghanistan War Victims’ Voices

ByAdam Zarnowski

Afghanistan War Victims’ Voices – PRESS RELEASE CONGRESS from The Hague Remarks at The Hague, Netherlands, on June 23rd, 2022 Regarding Crimes Against Humanity in Afghanistan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w21uGV88IU?t=2924 Some people are blocked from the audio, so be sure to turn on closed captions. Good afternoon, my name is Adam Zarnowski and I will be speaking about…

The impact of COVID-19 on human rights
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The impact of COVID-19 on human rights

ByEyes on Trafficking News

I want to focus on how COVID-19 has changed the structural environment in Latin America and what this means for human rights. Also, what it means for crime and anti-crime policies and consequently on human rights issues. Let me first start with those structural changes. Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has had an effect so far…

Wildlife and drug trafficking, terrorism, and human security
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Wildlife and drug trafficking, terrorism, and human security

ByEyes on Trafficking News

The planet is experiencing alarming levels of species loss caused in large part by intensified poaching stimulated by a greatly expanding demand for animals, plants, and wildlife products. The rate of species extinction, now as much as 1,000 times the historical average and the worst since the dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago, deserves…