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Suffering at the Margins: Applying Disability Critical Race Studies to Human Trafficking in the United States
June 30, 2022

Suffering at the Margins: Applying Disability Critical Race Studies to Human Trafficking in the United States

Abstract Human trafficking is a scourge in which perpetrators victimize the most vulnerable and marginalized members of a population to …

‘He bought me like a chicken’: the struggle to end slavery in Niger
June 29, 2022

‘He bought me like a chicken’: the struggle to end slavery in Niger

We were treated like animals,’ says Al-Husseina Amadou said. ‘Now we are free.’ Some estimates put the number of enslaved …

California Senate rejects involuntary servitude amendment
June 29, 2022

California Senate rejects involuntary servitude amendment

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A proposal aimed at removing the last remnant of slavery from California law failed to pass …

Human traffickers luring Ukrainian refugees on the web targeted in EU-wide hackathon
June 28, 2022

Human traffickers luring Ukrainian refugees on the web targeted in EU-wide hackathon

14 EU Member States joined forces during a joint action day to identify human traffickers searching for Ukrainian victims online …

OPINION: U.S. law to ban Xinjiang goods protects Uyghur people. But it can’t end there
June 28, 2022

OPINION: U.S. law to ban Xinjiang goods protects Uyghur people. But it can’t end there

* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. The …

June 27, 2022

Forced to Beg: Tanzania’s Trafficked Kids

A BBC undercover investigation has exposed a human trafficking network smuggling disabled children from Tanzania to Kenya. Many are taken …

June 27, 2022

Congo Investigation a Chance to Fight Corruption

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo confirmed last week that they had opened an inquiry following allegations of high-level corruption reported by …

Industry giants fail to tackle child labour allegations in cobalt battery supply chains
June 27, 2022

Industry giants fail to tackle child labour allegations in cobalt battery supply chains

Major electronics and electric vehicle companies are still not doing enough to stop human rights abuses entering their cobalt supply …

Apple and Google named in US lawsuit over Congolese child cobalt mining deaths
June 27, 2022

Apple and Google named in US lawsuit over Congolese child cobalt mining deaths

A landmark legal case has been launched against the world’s largest tech companies by Congolese families who say their children …

Cobalt Is Critical to the Renewable Energy Transition. How Can We Minimize Its Social And Environmental Cost?
June 27, 2022

Cobalt Is Critical to the Renewable Energy Transition. How Can We Minimize Its Social And Environmental Cost?

Its name conjures an image of vivid deep blues. But when cobalt is dug out of the ground in ore …