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We Needed a Vote to Abolish Slavery. On the Resolution’s 75th Anniversary, It’s Skyrocketed Instead.

The United Nations passed an anti-slavery resolution on December 2 in 1949. Since then, humans owned by others have skyrocketed to 50 million worldwide. What will it take to stop this scourge?

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USCIRF Releases Report on Worldwide Oppression of Jehovah’s Witnesses

From the deprivation of rights to imprisonment, heavy fines, harassment, unemployment, disruption of religious services, forced labor and torture, Jehovah’s Witnesses too often pay a terrible price for their peaceful beliefs.

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United States Scores a Miserable “D” for Human Rights Record

University of Rhode Island’s Global RIghts Project ranked 195 countries; 62 percent failed outright, and only 20 percent scored an "A" or "B." Global respect for people’s fundamental rights is in decline.

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Scottish Police Smash Thai Sex Trafficking Ring

Couple trafficked Thai women to Scotland, burdened them with huge debt and forced them into prostitution to “pay it back.” The perpetrators face years in prison.

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Largest-Ever Operation Against Human Trafficking Demonstrates International Cooperation

Operation Liberterra II rescued 3,222 potential human trafficking victims and netted 2,517 arrests as a result of monitoring nearly 24,000 flights.

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Arizona Voters Pass Measure Mandating Life Sentences for Child Sex Traffickers

A new law sends “a clear message that Arizona will not tolerate child sex trafficking.” But will it effectively deter the crime?

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UN Approves “Study” on Effects of Nuclear War

The real question is: Why study a topic with a conclusion well known to almost every person on Earth?

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Persecution of the Unification Church in Japan Is an Attack on All Religious Freedom

Spurred by a religious “deprogrammer”—code word for bigoted brainwasher—Japan’s attacks make millions wonder: Why does the government have any role in religion at all?

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Philly Sex Trafficking Operation Fed the Drug Addiction of Its Victims, Police Say

Preying on vulnerable young women, Terrance Jones’ arrest exposes the brutality and misery of sex trafficking.

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Federal Agencies Find New Ways to Evade FOIA Requirements

FOIA is intended to assure government transparency, but it seems government doesn’t like that at all—and is endlessly creative in evading disclosures.

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Nation’s Criminal Justice System Is Broken and Needs Reform, Americans Agree

The key is self-respect, according to the writings of L. Ron Hubbard, who saw firsthand how criminals are formed and developed his own methods of rehabilitation instead of wholesale incarceration.

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US Sex Trafficking Rate Doubles to Highest Ever

Sex trafficking has exploded in the US, with a crime rate some 1,000 times greater than in 2009. It is now the second fastest-growing crime in the world.