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Controversial China-Backed New City is Myanmar’s Human Trafficking Hub
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Controversial China-Backed New City is Myanmar’s Human Trafficking Hub

ByEyes on Trafficking News

By Yan Naing 6 September 2022 Myanmar, isolated from the rest of the world since last year’s coup, is rapidly becoming an even bigger headache for the Southeast Asia region. Rising incidents of human trafficking have alarmed human rights activists, with reports that the Shwe Kokko New City in southeast Myanmar’s Karen State has become…

The faces from China’s Uyghur detention camps
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The faces from China’s Uyghur detention camps

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Working with a consortium of 14 media organizations from 11 countries, the BBC has been able to authenticate significant elements of the Xinjiang Police Files. The hacked files contain more than 5,000 police photographs of Uyghurs taken between January and July 2018, as well as hundreds of pieces of evidence of arbitrary detention, torture, and…

STOP THE TRAFFIK and Traffik Analysis Hub statement on the conflict in Ukraine
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STOP THE TRAFFIK and Traffik Analysis Hub statement on the conflict in Ukraine

ByEyes on Trafficking News

We are extremely concerned and saddened about the escalating situation and ongoing military action in Ukraine. Alongside the devastation we feel for the loss of civilian life, we are increasingly concerned about the impact this conflict will have on the exploitation and trafficking of those whose vulnerabilities will have been exacerbated by this conflict. Up…