November 27, 2019 First of Vietnamese migrants found dead in UK truck repatriated amid human trafficking investigation The bodies of sixteen of the 39 migrants found dead in the back of a refrigerated truck in the United Kingdom last month were repatriated to Vietnam early Wednesday and returned to next of kin, according to reports.
November 25, 2019 North Korean defectors discuss psychological toll of forced abortions, sex slavery, child abandonment The pain of losing her babies is still evident in the eyes of Kim Jeong Ah, a North Korean defector and mother. The life of the 43-year-old Hermit Kingdom survivor has been scarred by battle after battle, and all she can do now is pick up the pieces.
November 23, 2019 Brutal crackdown of Iran protesters points to increasing divide, leadership losing grip: 'The regime is afraid' Frustration and anger have yet again gripped streets across Iran this week, in another spate of deadly protests and the increasing divide between citizens and the country’s religious regime.
October 26, 2019 Survivors and victims on shocking state-sanctioned organ harvesting in China It’s the stuff of nightmares. And it has been buried from public view, hard to prove, and shrouded beneath the cloak of silence for almost two decades. But anecdotes and evidence are slowly bubbling to the surface that the organs of members of marginalized groups detained in Chinese prisons and labor camps are being unwillingly organ harvested.
October 22, 2019 Global walk to end human trafficking reaches millions: 'Slavery still exists' Thousands of people walked in over 500 cities across 50 countries this weekend to help end modern-day slavery, an estimated $150 billion industry that sees less than one percent rescued.
October 17, 2019 Venezuela wins seat on UN Human Rights Council; US brands it an ‘embarrassment’ Venezuela on Thursday won a seat on the controversial U.N. Human Rights Council -- a move that the U.S. quickly branded “an embarrassment” and further proof that its decision last year to leave the body was the right one.
October 17, 2019 North Korean refugee enrolled at elite university to be human rights lawyer and help 'starving and dying' friends A North Korean refugee attending an elite university in South Korea is studying to become a human rights lawyer, a childhood dream that seemed impossible when he was growing up in the Hermit Kingdom.
October 14, 2019 Nikki Haley says Venezuela shouldn't be allowed on UN Human Rights Council Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley is calling for members of the U.N. General Assembly to block Venezuela from a spot on the Human Rights Council.
October 14, 2019 ICE war crimes unit ramps up efforts at US airports to stop female genital mutilation Less than a month before her 11th birthday, F.A Cole was plucked from her childhood home in Sierra Leone and marched to the woods. Confused and afraid, she was blindfolded, stripped naked, gagged and pinned down – a cutter looming over her writhing body to perform the invasive cultural ritual of female genital mutilation, better known as FGM.
October 9, 2019 Tucker Carlson: 'Woke' NBA shows that China's fascism is good for business and bad for our freedom In the age of "woke," capital, corporations sell out America to its Chinese masters for the almighty dollar.