From llie Finkelstein, Freedom United

December 17, 2023

News Digest

OUR CAMPAIGN ISSUES IN THE NEWS

Forced marriage Rohingya girls’ agony deepened by forced child marriages The Malaysian Rohingya people has had to endure agony for years: statelessness, poverty, hunger, persecution, and military attacks – and now forced child marriage is on the rise. Rohingya girls are sold into marriage to Malaysia as the only chance for them and their families to survive. Read more…

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Human trafficking  The dark web of deceit: global scam operation exploits and entraps thousands In a twist to the global cyber scam criminal industry, the scammers are victims themselves, lured through fake job ads or lucrative offers and then trafficked and held captive to perform scams. We believe that if more safe migration routes existed, people would be less vulnerable to being exploited. Read more…

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Anti-slavery activists  Alabama’s ‘modern-day slavery’ prison work programs taken to court Current and former prisoners in Alabama filed a lawsuit in federal court arguing that the state’s prison labor system violates both the U.S. and Alabama constitutions by subjecting inmates to a “modern-day form of slavery.” Read more…

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