Employing loopholes, exploiting children
By Ellie Finkelstein, From Freedom United
| January 5th, 2025News Digest |
| OUR CAMPAIGN ISSUES IN THE NEWS |
| Child labor violations Employing loopholes and exploiting children in U.S. agriculture Youth under 18 are prohibited from hazardous jobs in the U.S., except in agriculture—a particularly dangerous industry and the largest employer of children. Amid recent rollbacks of child labor laws across the U.S., the risks to young workers in agriculture are even more pressing. Luz Vazquez Hernandez is one of many who began working in the fields at just 14, enduring extreme conditions. Read more… |
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| Organ trafficking China’s lethal organ trafficking of death row inmates The Chinese Communist Party and local hospitals are colluding in a systematic organ trafficking scheme, harvesting organs from living prisoners without consent and selling them to the highest bidder. Death row inmates are reportedly anesthetized rather than executed by firing squad, enabling the extraction of their organs, and thereby killed as a result. Read more… |
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| Domestic slavery Nigerian women trapped in domestic servitude, pleading for help Women from Nigeria and other African countries are lured into domestic slavery in Iraq by agents promising well-paying jobs but delivering abuse, exploitation, and inhumane conditions. Victims like Eniola and Agnes endure extreme violence, withheld wages, sexual abuse, and a lack of recourse. Read more… |
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