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    242 Search results for ""human trafficking""

    Human Trafficking International Relations Lead Story News

    US lists Burma among worst offenders of human trafficking

    The United States on Thursday placed Burma on its list of worst offenders of human trafficking and accused it of using child soldiers amid global criticism over human rights abuses by the country’s military against the minority Rohingya Muslims.

    Human Trafficking Lead Story News

    US lists China among worst for human trafficking; Burma said to improve

    The United States places China on its global list of the worst offenders in human trafficking, while Burma is upgraded to the Tier 2 Watch List of nations deserving special scrutiny, from Tier 3, which includes countries not complying with minimum US standards and making no significant effort to do so.

    Human Rights Human Trafficking Lead Story News

    Burma down, Thailand up on US human trafficking list

    Burma now ranks with Uzbekistan, Sudan and Haiti at the bottom of a list of nations criticised by the US government for failing to do enough to end human trafficking.

    Human Rights Human Trafficking Lead Story News

    US to downgrade Burma in human trafficking report

    The US State Department plans to downgrade Burma in its annual report on human trafficking because of the country’s continuing failure to end abusive practices.

    Human Trafficking Lead Story News

    Human trafficking trial fast-tracked amid witness protection fears

    The trial of 92 suspected human traffickers, arrested after the discovery of shallow graves of migrants in Thai jungle, began in Bangkok on Tuesday.

    VDO: Thai vigilantes take up fight against human trafficking video

    Lead Story News Refugees Rohingya Video

    VDO: Thai vigilantes take up fight against human trafficking

    A group of locals in Thailand’s Phang Nga province have armed themselves, to track down traffickers and free their human cargo.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News Politics

    US waives sanctions after Thailand flunks human trafficking test

    The United States has waived sanctions against Thailand that could have been imposed as a result of the country’s insufficient efforts to combat human trafficking.

    Crime Lead Story News

    Human trafficking bust in Bangkok: Burmese children forced to sell flowers to tourists

    Anti-human trafficking police have arrested a Burmese man for forcing children from Burma to sell flowers to tourists on Khao San Road in Bangkok.

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    Human Trafficking: better or worse in 2013?

    One hundred and two cases of human trafficking were reported in Burma throughout 2013, according to the Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force (ATTF), a special unit of the Burmese police force.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Leaders of infamous human trafficking gang arrested in southern Thailand

    Thai authorities in the last week have rounded up three leading members of a Burmese human trafficking gang responsible for selling hundreds of their fellow countrymen into slavery and murdering dozens of people

    Politics

    Rohingya at ‘significant’ risk of human trafficking: US report

    Human trafficking remains a significant problem in both Burma and Thailand, where the stateless Rohingya minority has become particularly vulnerable to exploitation and abuse, a leading US report has warned

    Authorities complicit in Rohingya human trafficking video

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    Authorities complicit in Rohingya human trafficking

    A Thai human rights legal expert accused some officials of being involved in human trafficking, following raids to rescue more than 700 Rohingya Muslims from a warehouse and a rubber[…]

    Jason Mraz concert to end human trafficking video

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    Jason Mraz concert to end human trafficking

    Grammy award-winning singer Jaosn Mraz performed in Rangoon’s People’s Park on Sunday in front of thousands. The concert was organised by MTV EXIT to raise awareness and increase prevention of[…]

    News Politics

    Human trafficking remains big problem: report

    The Burmese government has failed to take adequate steps to address human trafficking, especially in conflict-affected territories such as Kachin state, despite making progress in some areas

    News Politics

    Human trafficking to China on the rise

    130 cases of trafficking of ethnic Kachin to China documented in past year as monitoring group rues poverty and lack of education

    News

    Australia to tackle human trafficking in Burma

    Sept 17, 2009 (DVB), Burma has been named as one of six countries that will receive funding from the Australian government to tackle human trafficking, Canberra announced on Tuesday. More[…]

    News

    Malaysia arrests human trafficking officials

    July 21, 2009 (DVB), Malaysian authorities have arrested nine people for their role in an international trafficking syndicate that involved the sale of Rohingya refugees from Burma, a top officer[…]

    News

    Human trafficking in Burma ‘a major problem’

    June 17, 2009 (DVB), Human trafficking within Burma remains "significant", whilst trafficking of young women into forced labour and commercial sexual exploitation is a "major problem", according to a US[…]

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    Job seekers’ agent illegally detained for human trafficking

    Mar 19, 2009 (DVB), A job seekers' agent was illegally detained and threatened with a charge of human trafficking by local village authorities in Bago division who extorted money from[…]

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    US slams Burmese military for involvement in human trafficking

    June 13, 2007 (DVB)

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    Join Hands to End Violence Against Women and Girls

    Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which marks the start of the global 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. The diplomatic missions of[…]

    Labour Issues Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Thai court dismisses charges against Burmese workers in landmark case

    A court in Bangkok dismisses criminal defamation charges against workers from Burma who accused a chicken farm of abuses, in a landmark ruling seen as a rare victory for migrant workers’ rights in Thailand.

    Lead Story News Politics Rohingya

    Burma is source of world’s fourth-largest displaced population: report

    With 1.2 million refugees originating from Burma and tens of thousands more uprooted inside the country, the Southeast Asian nation was the source of the fourth-largest population of displaced people worldwide at the end of 2017, a new report by the UN refugee agency.

    ASEAN Drugs Lead Story News

    ASEAN looks to tackle organised crime

    ASEAN member states met at the United Nations to set up a framework for border control cooperation as latest statistics showed that illicit trade and organised crime amounts to $100 billion in the region.

    Human Rights Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Fishermen long for justice as Thailand comes under UN scrutiny

    Thailand’s fishing industry has long been dogged by allegations of abuses. The country is under further international scrutiny this week as a team of UN experts undertake their first visit to examine human rights in a wide range of businesses in Thailand, including the fishing and seafood sectors.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Burmese migrant workers go on trial for accusing Thai chicken farm of abuse

    Migrant workers from Burma who accused a Thai chicken farm of a litany of abuses went on trial for defamation on Wednesday in a landmark case between workers and an employer.

    Feature Features (OLD) Lead Story Rohingya

    Lured by a happily-ever-after dream, Rohingya girls sold in India

    Cases of men and women enslaved in bonded labour or trafficked for marriage have started to emerge in India after they managed to escape or were rescued and found their way to Rohingya settlements there.

    Lead Story News

    Woman convicted in high-profile Yangon domestic abuse case dies in prison

    Tin Thuzar, the owner and matriarch of a Yangon tailoring shop embroiled in a high-profile domestic abuse case that saw her sentenced to more than 15 years in prison last month, died on Sunday at Insein Prison Hospital.

    Law Lead Story News

    Lengthy prison terms handed down to four in high-profile domestic abuse case

    Yangon’s Western District Court on Friday sentenced four defendants to hefty prison terms in a case of domestic abuse that captured the nation’s attention when it was uncovered last year.

    Lead Story Military News

    US’ Tillerson accused of breaching Child Soldiers Act

    Several U.S. State Department officials accuse the Secretary of State of failing to curtail the enlistment of child soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan and Burma.

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