Valkyrie
10th December 2002, 21:32
***IMMEDIATE RELEASE***IMMEDIATE RELEASE***
MAKE HUMAN RIGHTS DAY COUNT SIGN STOP
HUMAN TRAFFICKING PETITION
At least 700,000 people are trafficked worldwide each year; trafficking is the fastest growing means by which people are enslaved today. Young girls are trafficked to work as domestics
in West Africa, boys as young as four are abducted from countries in South Asia and forced
to work as camel jockeys in the Gulf, and women from eastern Europe are sold into Europe's sex industry.
To mark Human Rights Day, Tuesday 10 December, Anti-Slavery International is calling on the public to sign our Stop Human Traffic petition urging governments to introduce anti-trafficking laws and to develop measures to protect the victims of human trafficking. We aim to reach the 10,000-signature mark by the 10th -- http://www.stophumantraffic.org/petition.php
This abuse affects every continent and most countries. Traffickers use deception, coercion and violence to trap their victims and force them into exploitative work. Penalties are insufficient to deter traffickers and people who have been trafficked are frequently treated as criminals rather than as victims of human rights abuse.
"Governments need to protect the human rights of trafficked people. The public has an important role to play. By signing Anti-Slavery International's petition they show the UK Government and governments around the world that human trafficking is an important issue and fighting it must be made a priority," Director of Anti-Slavery International
Mary Cunneen said.
Notes to editors:
See Anti-Slavery International's campaign website http://www.stophumantraffic.org for information about trafficking and five quick steps to help end this abuse.
Q&A on human trafficking http://www.antislavery.org/homepage/antisl...cking.htm#qanda (http://www.antislavery.org/homepage/antislavery/trafficking.htm#qanda)
For more information or an interview contact Anti-Slavery International's Press Officer Beth Herzfeld on 020 7501 8934 or email: [email protected]
9 December 2002
NR/18/02
MAKE HUMAN RIGHTS DAY COUNT SIGN STOP
HUMAN TRAFFICKING PETITION
At least 700,000 people are trafficked worldwide each year; trafficking is the fastest growing means by which people are enslaved today. Young girls are trafficked to work as domestics
in West Africa, boys as young as four are abducted from countries in South Asia and forced
to work as camel jockeys in the Gulf, and women from eastern Europe are sold into Europe's sex industry.
To mark Human Rights Day, Tuesday 10 December, Anti-Slavery International is calling on the public to sign our Stop Human Traffic petition urging governments to introduce anti-trafficking laws and to develop measures to protect the victims of human trafficking. We aim to reach the 10,000-signature mark by the 10th -- http://www.stophumantraffic.org/petition.php
This abuse affects every continent and most countries. Traffickers use deception, coercion and violence to trap their victims and force them into exploitative work. Penalties are insufficient to deter traffickers and people who have been trafficked are frequently treated as criminals rather than as victims of human rights abuse.
"Governments need to protect the human rights of trafficked people. The public has an important role to play. By signing Anti-Slavery International's petition they show the UK Government and governments around the world that human trafficking is an important issue and fighting it must be made a priority," Director of Anti-Slavery International
Mary Cunneen said.
Notes to editors:
See Anti-Slavery International's campaign website http://www.stophumantraffic.org for information about trafficking and five quick steps to help end this abuse.
Q&A on human trafficking http://www.antislavery.org/homepage/antisl...cking.htm#qanda (http://www.antislavery.org/homepage/antislavery/trafficking.htm#qanda)
For more information or an interview contact Anti-Slavery International's Press Officer Beth Herzfeld on 020 7501 8934 or email: [email protected]
9 December 2002
NR/18/02