Approximately 4% to 6% of children are said to be in child labor, a form of contemporary slavery, across the globe, the investigator said, with the percentage much higher in Africa at 21.6%. Other forms of contemporary slavery include sexual slavery and forced marriage. By Edith M. Lederer • Published August 18, […]
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BY JOHN FENG ON 7/20/22 AT 10:11 AM EDT Chinese diplomats in Geneva are trying to stop the publication of a United Nations report on the human rights situation in Xinjiang, Reuters reported Wednesday. A “joint letter” written by the Chinese mission and circulated among other member states in a bid to collectively lobby the Office of the […]
By Jonah McKeown St. Louis, Mo., Aug 17, 2022 / 14:54 pm A new report from the United Nations on modern slavery provides further documentation of China’s mistreatment of the Uyghur ethnic group, a Muslim minority that according to some human rights groups is suffering genocide. The U.N.’s Special Rapporteur […]