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An Indian sex worker shouts slogans during a protest march in Kolkata on July 01, 2008, against the proposed amendments to the Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act in Parliament. Photo: AFP / 
Deshakalyan Chowdhury
Posted inIndia, South Asia

India’s new sex-trafficking bill does more harm than good, say experts

by Suryatapa Mukherjee July 5, 2018February 18, 2020

A new anti-trafficking bill that comes after India was ranked abysmally low on sex trafficking in a global analysis, has raised concerns among key stakeholders and sex workers rather than assuaging them. India has been under pressure to frame a comprehensive law against trafficking since it was given a low rank in a US Trafficking in […]

Boys are forced to work on construction sites in Thailand, according to the US State Department. Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, Laos, Myanmar, South Asia, Thailand

Human trafficking report slams Laos, Myanmar governments

by Bertil Lintner June 30, 2018February 18, 2020
Foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong  gather in the city's financial district on their day off work. The city has more than 370,000 of them. Photo: WordPress
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iraq, Middle East, Philippines, South Asia, Thailand, World

US slams HK’s failures in annual human trafficking report

by Frank Chen June 29, 2018February 18, 2020
Indian police escort suspects in Jalpaiguri in February 2017 for a medical checkup in West Bengal after their arrest over a child trafficking scandal. Photo: AFP/Diptendu Dutta
Posted inIndia, Middle East, South Asia

Human traffickers creating social havoc in West Bengal

by Inder SIngh Bisht April 8, 2018February 18, 2020

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