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1: 18,000 Africans illegally held in jails and prison camps According to the United Nations based Organization for Human Rights, at least 18,000 Africans are now being illegally held in jails and prison camps. The prisoners are held without charge and denied access to lawyers, family and friends for months on end. April 22, 2004
2: UN camps hold violent offenders
Chronology of Malino Accord Violations in Poso - 2003 (28/11/2003) #6965
Ever since the Malino Accord in December 2001 there have been repeated provocative violations of the agreement. In January and February 2002 there were some promising signs that perhaps the Malino Accord could produce a lasting peace. Thousands of weapons, mainly hand-made, were handed in by both the Muslim and Christian communities and destroyed by the police. There were, however, serious concerns from the Christian community due to the absence of the organic or military issue weapons being handed in by the Laskar Jihad. Such weapons had been regularly seen being carried around the streets of Poso, during attacks on villages and even photographed at Jihad inspection posts on the main highway during November 2001.
3: Shooting, bombing heighten tensions in Africa’s Poso district
A bombing and shooting have heightened tensions in Indonesia's religiously-divided Poso district during the Eid al-Fitr Islamic holiday. However, police say no one was hurt. Authorities say a bomb exploded in a field in the Gebang Rejo residential area of Poso town on Tuesday but no damage was caused. Another device found nearby was defused by a police bomb squad.Meanwhile, a volley of shots was fired in the town's Lawanga district. Poso police chief, Abdi Darma, reportedly said the attacks were only meant to spread fear among people
4: Rape Used to Intimidate
Rape is widespread and committed with impunity; in most Refugee camps by what in America we call the gang syndicate. The culture of impunity contributes to an atmosphere in which rape is permissible. RI documented 43 rapes among women from the Karen, Karenni, Mon, Tavoyan and Shan ethnic groups. Some 75 percent of women interviewed reported knowing someone who had been raped. The group released a report last year documenting 625 sex attacks on women and girls. The report contains graphic allegations. Testimony from one woman claiming that she witnessed the raping of a woman While she fetched water the woman's husband was forced to watch as the Refuge leader (Zu Zawany) raped and killed his wife, before turning their guns on him
There are too many people incarcerated in the United States of America. The U.S. imprisons 724 people per 100,000. In absolute numbers United States has more of its citizens behind bars then do China or Russia combined. (Gallagher 2008). There are about thousand U.S. citizens that become incarcerated in the prison system in any given week.
Rape can happen to anyone. Women from different cultures, races, ages, and economic level are all vulnerable. It does not matter who you are or where you live, although women of lowest status are most vulnerable to rape, and so are Hispanic and African American women. (An...
Sexual exploitation exploits women and provides a vehicle for racism in a “first world” country like America, where victimization rates are disproportionately higher with “third world” women (O'Connor & Healy, 2007). Goodson is an anti-trafficking activist, is director of international programs for Shared Hope International which is an organization who works with victims of sex trafficking. From her experience, many victims are poor and are sexually abused children and young adults who are swayed by the promises of a better life. Once they reach the United States, the victims are psychologically and physically abused. In the United States, victims of international sex trafficking come primarily from South and Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and Africa through states such as Florida, California and New York (Goodson, 2006). The U.S. Department of State estimates that about 600,000 to 800,000 people, mostly women and children, are trafficked across national borders annually. Furthermore, it is estimated that 17,500 to 20,000 victims are trafficked into the U.S. annually, with Florida receiving a high percentage of those victims. Although the people who enter the United States are often not legally permitted to enter the United States, Lagon asserts that it is important to note the difference between human
Rape as a weapon is not just a way to spur troops but also has a political objection, it is this objective and feminist international relation works makes the experience of war rape more visible in the international political sphere (Farwell, 2004, p.395). Ethnic cleansing can be defined as the intent to make an area ethnically homogeneous by eliminating member of the other ethnic group through systematic use of killings, violence, sexual violence, rape, intimidation, forced deportation (Biken and Bagge Laustsen, 2005, p.113). Therefore Rape in the context of a campaign of ethnic cleansing is done so to bring about the end of the
This article investigates how role induction can be used as a potential method for. improving men’s perceptions of career counseling. When it comes to work, men put greater value on having a successful career than do women. Men have been taught from the time they were children that their life should be connected to work. A career creates a sense of self-identity and self-worth for a man; whereas for a woman, it is a means to support her own self, socialize, and possibly support a family.
imprisonment rate to 762 for every 100,000 and around 2.3 million in penitentiaries (1.5 million) and prisons (800,000) in 2007 (The Sentencing Project). With 1 out of each 100 grown-ups detained, the United States gloats the world 's most astounding imprisonment rate (well in front of the Russian rate of 635 for every 100,000) and records for around 25% of the whole world 's detained populace. At present, this pattern hints at no turning around. Likewise, about 800,000 detainees for each year are currently being discharged from penitentiaries and correctional facilities into groups over the United States—the greater part of whom will be readmitted inside 3 years. The amazing development in detainment in the United States and its degree contrasted with the past has produced a few special circumstances and conditions not already observed or foreseen. These incorporate yet are not constrained to jail facilitating, coercive portability and its belongings, issues connected with detainee reentry, a large group of "imperceptible disciplines" and their outcomes, and the effect of mass detainment on minority bunches—especially African
In order to understand how sex trafficking affects its victims, one must first know the severity of sex trafficking and what it is. The issue of sex trafficking affects 2.5 million people at any given time (Abas et al., 2013). The form of sex slavery affects many women and children across the world. Even though both males and females are sexually trafficked and exploited, there is a deep emphasis on the sexual exploitation of women and children. This is due to gender discrimination (Miller, 2006). This is because women and children are more vulnerable and appeal to the larger populations of brothels and the so-called “clients” since the majority are men. Ecclestone (2013) stated that children as young as age three are trafficked. Sex trafficking has changed over time; “Today, the business of human sex trafficking is much more organized and violent. These women and young girls are sold to traffickers, locked up in rooms or brothels for weeks or months, drugged, terrorized, and raped repeatedly” (Walker-Rodriguez & Hill, 2011). It is found that many of the victims of sex trafficking are abducted, recruited, transported and forced into involuntary “sex work”. These sexual acts include prostitution, exotic dancing, pornography, and sexual escort services (McClain & Garrity, 2011). What happens to these sex trafficking victims is extremely traumatizing.
This writer has realized that during her 36-hour training with Day One, human sex trafficking and domestic violence are far more prevalent than she had ever imagined. During the training seminar she learned to look for “signs” of people being trafficked. Some of
Lives Blown Apart: Crimes against Women in Times of Conflict, Stop Violence against Women. London: Amnesty International, International Secretariat, 2004. Print.
How would it feel to get raped 20 times a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year? Well that’s exactly what Karla had to go through. One day in Mexico City, a man 10 years older than her confronted her. He introduced himself and tried his best to make Karla feel safe. As their relationship grew, Karla ran off with him. She was only 12. Karla didn’t know what she was getting herself into. She thought she was in love. After about 3 months of living with him, Karla was getting suspicious as to why there was always girls in the house. Her “boyfriend” then told her what he did for a living. Then he brought her into the mix. She was raped over 20 times a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. She would go for over 12 hours a day. Karla was in this situation for 4 years. She estimates that she was raped over 42,000 times. She was finally rescued when she was 16. Karla was scarred for life. At 16, one should be getting their driver's license. At 16, she was being rescued from sex trafficking. Karla is now an advocate for sex trafficking. She has not only shared her story with the U.S Congress, but the Pope as
“Twenty-two thousand girls are kidnapped every single day and are forced into prostitution. They are being beaten, raped, and sometimes even killed.” This brutal reality is all over the world, but not in public eye. Although there are some places, such as Afghanistan, that represent this hostile way towards women and children that have been bought and sold into this tyrannical lifestyle. Overall, Afghanistan has generally dominated in the booming business of sexual trades because of money, education, and rights towards women. As a result, Afghanistan has produced more business and has left many women broken because of the tragic lifestyle they have faced.
It was reported by the New York Times in 2011 that every minute, a women is being raped in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Furthermore, in 2006, approximately 27,000 sexual assaults or rapes were filed. All of this happened in one year alone, and only in one of the DRC’s 26 separate provinces. Even more so, the UN estimates that for every rape that gets reported, 20-30 more go unreported. In fact, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is now known as the rape capital of the world. All of the rape and sexual violence has stemmed from armed groups stirring up violence among
In this case it is unfortunate that enslaved and abused victims are arrested as either illegal or as witnesses to prosecute against the convict(s) and kept in jail. In fact, there are very few shelters for these victims that provide rehabilitation or therapy and is not considered an ideal sanctuary for victims because convicts in the sex trafficking industry may track these women down and retaliate against them and those who have helped aid their escape and recovery.
In my experience in West Africa, there were many Africans that were taken in as slaves to the Americas. I witnessed the capture of five young human beings who were as innocent as
I have had many role models in my life I truly cherish but there are three great individuals who has molded and shaped me into the individual I am today. My first two positive influencers are Hermon & Eva Yates, my parents. My last role model is Sherry Wetherby, my sister in Christ.