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The Human Trafficking Center at @josefkorbel is committed to professional research, writing & policy advocacy on forced labor and human trafficking.

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Thank you for the years of support, and for your continued fight for a more just, equal, and free world! While we may be closing, our work will never stop. This is goodbye from the HTC. ❤️

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"The revisions are part of the church’s continued process of seeking to address gaps in its response to the sexual abuse scandal that has devastated the Roman Catholic faith over the last quarter century."

@nytimes

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"Li Qiang, general manager of the Huafu Fashion yarn factory in Xinjiang, told reporters that even though the company lost money in 2020 for the first time in its 27-year history, it bounced back by shifting to domestic orders."

@AP

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"It claimed that high-ranking officers in Harris County Precinct 1’s Human Trafficking Unit handpicked female deputies for undercover operations because they were “young, attractive and Latina” & fit the personal taste of a commanding officer."

@NBCNews

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"The move further modifies a 2019 withhold release order that prohibited the import of all tobacco products from Malawi based on information indicating that the tobacco was produced using forced labor and forced child labor."

@Reuters

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Join us TODAY from 12-2pm MST for the Johnson-Petersen Memorial Research Symposium! Register here to receive the link: https://t.co/94tVLD306w.

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@AriMarucci Thank you!

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We are thrilled to share with you the completion and publishing of the Human Trafficking Center's Encyclopedia of Human Trafficking! The following is the link to the Encyclopedia: https://t.co/HR5ud6iGGR

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We are excited to share with you the completion and publishing of the Human Trafficking Center's Climate Change and Human Trafficking Project! The following is the link to the project: https://t.co/vQdEBJlIxE

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Join us this Friday from 12-2pm MST for the Johnson-Petersen Memorial Research Symposium! Register here to receive the link: https://t.co/sIErU2hWbm.

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"Ms Bachelet added that “rather than seeking to calm tensions, inflammatory rhetoric from leaders on all sides appears to be seeking to excite tensions rather than to calm them.”"

@UN

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"The FBI was at a massive Hindu temple in New Jersey on Tuesday that has been accused in a lawsuit of luring Indian men from marginalized communities to the U.S. and forcing them to work nearly 90 hours a week for around $1 an hour."

@NBCNews

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"Seven of Apple's suppliers were found to be linked to suspected forced labor of Uyghur Muslims and other persecuted groups sourced from the Xinjiang region, according to an investigation by The Information."

@BusinessInsider

https://t.co/iadqDxqzLT

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"The move was a stark turnaround from the Biden’s administration’s previous announcement last month that it would keep the number of refugees admitted to the US at the historical low of 15,000, sparking widespread outrage."

@guardian

https://t.co/uNjtXu7QLe

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DU students: You are invited to present your research at the Johnson-Petersen Memorial Research Symposium, hosted by the Center On Human Rights Education and the Human Trafficking Center on May 21st from 12pm to 2pm! View details below:

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HTC's newest blog post discusses wage theft and the Colorado Wage Act. Check it out:
https://t.co/ZXoGAgvUUb

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"At least four people died and more than two dozen others were hospitalized after an overcrowded boat being used to smuggle migrants broke apart on a reef off the coast of San Diego on Sunday morning, the authorities said."

@nytimes

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"Outraged by a long-ignored slaying in Honduras, lawyers are urging a human rights court in Central America to force governments to better protect transgender people in a region where they are targets."

@nytimes
https://t.co/azl5w1U5QT

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"Interviews with workers, copies of pay slips, & WhatsApp messages from Amazon HR reveal that many had to work overtime beyond legal limits while others were let go without severance, forced to resign, or laid off after falling ill with COVID-19."
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https://t.co/czDzuNwFWW

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"Biden's historic declaration on Saturday has infuriated its NATO ally Turkey, which has said the announcement had opened a "deep wound" in relations that have already been strained over a host of issues."

@NBCNews

https://t.co/tMc0QEghrw