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Editor’s Note: Slavery survivor Timea Nagy now helps others escape enslavement on the streets of Canada. She is a recipient of a Free the Slaves Freedom Award for her heroic resilience and ongoing commitment to others. Her group, Walk with Me, has recently released a powerful music video, which we thought you should see. We asked Timea to say in her own words how the video came to be.
As the winter months say farewell, read more >
Three amazing women will be honored this year as recipients of the Fourth Annual Free the Slaves Freedom Awards. Two are former slaves who have dedicated their lives to helping others to freedom. One is a former governmental official who has shown the world how to combat slavery at a national level.
Frederick Douglass Award Winner
Timea Nagy was a TV producer in Hungary, looking to raise quick funds for a show. She answered an ad to work temporarily read more >
Put on your walking shoes, it’s time for a Freedom Walk. Free-them is putting on their second annual Freedom Walk on September 18th 2011. Some of this year’s guests include politicians, survivors, celebrities, and Canada’s leading abolitionists. It’s a family friendly event with activities for children before the 5km walk begins. What a great way to join the movement! Click here for more information and to register. The Freedom Walk info
Energy Publisher: Human trafficking begins to eclipse drug trade in Mexico: “Unfortunately, [Mexico’s President] Calderón’s attack on drug cartels has left few resources to combat human trafficking. Mexico has tried to address the issue through legal changes to combat trafficking as recently as 2007, when ‘federal legislation to prohibit all forms of drug trafficking’ was passed. Nonetheless, according to the U.S. Department of State’s Trafficking of Persons Report 2010, ‘some local officials tolerate and are sometimes complicit in read more >
FRANCE FORCIBLY REMOVES THOUSANDS OF ROMA PEOPLE, SAYS ROMA COMMUNITIES ARE ‘BREEDING GROUNDS’ FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING. EU THREATENS LEGAL ACTION
ABC News: EU taking France to court over Roma expulsions: France’s “controversial expulsions of thousands of Roma [or gypsy people] has led to a row between Brussels and Paris. French president Nicolas Sarkozy has said the illegal Roma camps are breeding grounds for [human] trafficking, prostitution and child exploitation. But the EU’s justice commissioner recently compared France’s actions to events read more >
SCIENCE MAY EXPLAIN HOW THE RED SEA PARTED FOR MOSES, AS HE LED THE ISRAELITES OUT OF SLAVERY
AOL News: Holy Moses! Science May Explain Parting of Waters: “Using computer models, [researches at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado] discovered that a strong wind blowing across the perfect spot… could result in water being driven upstream and downstream, opening up a dry walkway.”
A CALL TO THE RICHEST WOMAN IN AMERICA: END HUMAN TRAFFICKING
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A recent study found that in Canada, the majority of human trafficking criminal cases involve victims who are citizens or permanent residents. In other words, enslavement often happens within Canadian borders.
“Control tactics employed by traffickers to retain victims in exploitative situations include social isolation, forcible confinement, withholding identification documents, imposing strict rules, limitation of movement, as well as threats and violence.”
Canada has just launched an ad campaign to raise awareness about human trafficking. Backed by the Canadian government, the Blue Blindfold media blitz is based on the campaign of the same name launched in the UK back in 2007. Based around the motif of people wearing blue blindfolds, the campaign urges the community: “don’t close your eyes” to modern day slavery.
The Canadian Crime Stoppers Association—which describes itself as a “civilian, non profit, charitable organization that brings together in a read more >
Texas Governor Rick Perry held a press conference yesterday calling for tougher laws against human traffickers, saying: “Human trafficking preys on the hopes and the dreams of the victims. They get promised better lives, not just for themselves but for their families. Unfortunately what awaits the victims is a life of confinement, hard labor, prostitution, physical and mental abuse, and in far too many cases an early death. Human trafficking is simply modern day slave trade.” Perry also says he read more >
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