TAG / HUMAN RIGHTS

As one of the most profitable illegal trades in America, human trafficking is everywhere—and sometimes the individuals fueling this system are those we least expect. 

Governor Kathy Hochul wanted to gut protections and expand psychiatric human rights abuse. New York lawmakers said no.

The reports come in the wake of a sexual assault lawsuit filed by three women against a former supervisor. It’s “uniquely egregious” alleged behavior at the Detroit Behavioral Institute.

The true number of child victims is likely much higher. Low conviction rates and high returns make the enslavement of children a profitable crime.

Recognizing decades of coercive and abusive psychiatric “treatment,” the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights calls for urgent change.

Child sex trafficking, prostitution, luring a minor for sexual exploitation, possession of narcotic drugs and felony flight are among the charges.

More than 100 law enforcement agencies across the state helped rescue nearly 180 individuals believed to be victims of human trafficking. 

This year’s Religious Freedom Index revealed the highest approval rating for the human right in six years.

Braulio leads a nationwide movement to teach Costa Ricans about the 30 fundamental rights outlined in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Over and over, sex trafficking and blackmail rings traffic women to centrally located Greece for forced prostitution and other sexual exploitation. Why isn’t the government doing more?