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South Sudan: Abuse of Civilians in Western Equatoria
Click to expand Image Makeshift shelters for communities displaced from Nagero County to Bazia, Wau County, South Sudan, November 18, 2025. © 2025 Joe Falzetta South Sudan’s army, opposition forces, and their respective allied militias abused residents and…
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Videos of Torture for Millions in Ransom: Ethiopia Smashes Notorious Trafficking Ring
Ethiopian authorities have arrested 17 key operatives behind a brutal human trafficking syndicate that trapped tens of thousands of migrants in Yemen, systematically filming their torture to extort millions from terrified families.
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Indonesia Sentences 19 in Syndicate that Trafficked Dozens of Babies
An Indonesian court sentenced 19 people to prison on Tuesday for trafficking babies across the country and into Singapore, according to state news agency Antara. The ringleader, 70-year-old Lie Siu Luan, received a seven-year sentence after the court found…
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UK Brings New Trafficking Charges Against Tate Brothers
British prosecutors brought 38 additional charges against Andrew and Tristan Tate after identifying four more alleged victims. The brothers were arrested in Miami, and the U.K. has requested their extradition.
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Breaking the Bloodline: Italy Enacts Landmark Law to Help Children Flee the Mafia
Italy's parliament has codified the "Free to Choose" program nationwide, offering permanent identity changes, safe houses, and comprehensive state support to mothers and minors escaping the grip of the country's most powerful crime syndicates.
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Peru: Veto Military Justice Bill
Click to expand Image Military officers patrol a street after the government declared a state of emergency in Lima on October 22, 2025. © 2025 ERNESTO BENAVIDES/AFP via Getty Images (Washington, DC) – Peruvian President José María Balcázar should…
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Hong Kong Authorities Target Booksellers
Click to expand Image Leticia Wong, a former pro-democracy district councillor, at her bookstore in Hong Kong, June 20, 2025. © 2025 Chan Long Hei/AP Photo As the annual Hong Kong Book Fair opens this week, two of…
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US: Deaths, Neglect in Fort Bliss Immigration Detention
Click to expand Image Protesters opposing mass deportations by ICE hold signs during a demonstration held outside of Fort Bliss, the US Army base where a large new ICE detention facility is being built, in El Paso, Texas,…
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Local Law Enforcement Should Put Domestic Violence Victims Ahead of Immigration Agenda
Click to expand Image Plainclothes Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers detain an immigrant leaving their scheduled court appearance at a Federal immigration court in New York City, June 4, 2025. © 2025 Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images…
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Yet Another Death in ICE Custody
Click to expand Image Naseer Ahmad Paktiawal holds Abubakar Paktiawal, son of his brother Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal, who died in ICE custody, at the Abu Hanifa Mosque in Richardson, Texas, U.S. June 4, 2026. © 2026 Shelby Tauber/Reuters…
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