WHEN in 2006, the story of the sacrilegious activities of one Emeka Ezeugo alias ‘Reverend King’ of the Christ Praying Assembly (CPA) located somewhere on Ajao estate, Lagos hit the town, it sounded more fictional than factual until those who actually tasted the bitter pills of the self~ acclaimed `Jesus of our time` came out [...]
Modern slavery, otherwise known as Human Trafficking, holds some 27 million men, women and children by force or the threat of force, fraud or coercion. The ‘human trade’ not only continues to fuel organized crime, and is often tided to it’s power house siblings, the arms and drug trades, continually undermining our global stability, including [...]
Human trafficking — also known as “pimping,” sometimes known as “slavery” — is awful enough. But when the humans being trafficked are children, it’s extra vile.
And it’s happening all around us. According to the nonprofit group Children at Risk, Houston is the nation’s largest hub for child trafficking. Near a national border, we’re known for [...]
Oprah Winfrey’s live show about “dating violence” and Chris Brown’s alleged beating of Rihanna was one of those TV moments when Oprah becomes a nationwide town meeting, in which Winfrey uses her extraordinary outreach and influence on America to try and shed light and counsel on a cultural issue. Dedicating the hour to “all [...]
FREETOWN, 26 February 2009 (IRIN) - Marion Kargbo was 18 when she was forced to marry a soldier of the rebel Revolutionary United Front (RUF) in January 1999, in the middle of Sierra Leone’s civil war. Ten years later, RUF leaders have been found guilty of crimes against humanity and war crimes, including forced marriage [...]
A rescue mission in the United States is a place where homeless men and women go for food and shelter — Wheeler Mission in Indianapolis, for example.
In Thailand, a rescue mission saves children from slavery. Children as young as 10 or 11 are sold to work in the sex trade or other labor.
Central Indiana native [...]
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