January 2010


IRAN: Parliament blames torture on former Tehran Prosecutor (more)

ITALY: Immigrants living in "slave-like" conditions (more)

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Sheikh aquitted in torture case (more)

USA: January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention month (more)

CANADA: Pregnant mother of three held for sex trafficking (more)

HAITI: 225,000 children working as slaves (more)

THAILAND: "Appalling" plans to send Hmong back to Laos (more)

DRC: Rights group wants Congo back on UN watch list (more)

MYANMAR: Efforts to combat trafficking (more)

CHINA: Consideration to ratify UN protocol against trafficking (more)

CAMBODIA: Financial crisis forces more teenage girls into labour (more)

USA: Portishead releases "Chase the Tear" for Amnesty International on Human Rights Day (more)

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