Tag: Human trafficking
Children at risk: UN report warns against rising trafficking and impunity
“As a result, trafficking in children remains a low cost and low risk, yet high profits crime, generating billions of dollars annually"
Mary Jane Veloso’s 40th birthday sparks renewed pleas for freedom
Veloso, who spent 14 years on death row in Indonesia before being transferred to the Philippines, remains in detention as clemency appeals continue
Interfaith summit in Manila calls for stronger action against human trafficking
The two-day Southeast Asian Interfaith Summit aims to address modern slavery and the online sexual exploitation of children
Mary Jane Veloso’s father appeals for clemency: ‘The greatest Christmas gift...
“I call on our President to allow Mary Jane to come straight home... it will be the greatest Christmas gift we could ever receive"
Quiboloy’s Arrest: A Symptom of Our Broken System
Are we ready to fight for that change? If we’re not, the Quiboloys of the world will continue to thrive in the shadows of a broken system
Caritas Internationalis head appeals for global crusade against human trafficking
Be mindful of the many people in this world who have been stripped of their human dignity and driven to the brink of despair
Pope Francis lambasts the scourge of human trafficking
For Pope Francis, trafficking is a “systemic” evil and as such “we can and must eliminate it through a systematic, multilevel approach.”
Vatican document on human dignity condemns gender transition, surrogacy, abortion
In the declaration, the dicastery cautions against threats to human dignity that begin at the moment of conception
BI intercepts another ‘mail-order bride’ victim at NAIA
The victim later admitted that no actual wedding happened, and the marriage certificate was processed by her Chinese escort through an agent
Authorities deport 43 Chinese nationals over human trafficking activities
The BI said the Chinese nationals are now included in the country’s list of undesirable aliens and “considered threats to public interest”