Branches of Hope eNews March 2021
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ASIA
‘I want to go home’: Filipina domestic workers face exploitative conditions
Date: 27 January 2021
Source: The Guardian
The Philippine government says that about one-third of its 10 million citizens overseas are women working in “elementary” jobs – a term widely interpreted as referring to domestic workers. Human Rights Watch has long described migrant domestic workers as one of the world’s most vulnerable demographics. Now, nearly a year into a global pandemic, thousands of Filipina women are stranded with even fewer options to flee exploitation. Many of the Filipina women we interviewed across Asia, Europe and the Middle East lost jobs or had salaries cut – others were subjected to physical abuse…
Family of girl, 12, forced to marry abductor condemn Pakistan authorities
Date: 10 February 2021
Source: The Guardian
The family of a 12-year-old girl in Pakistan who was chained up in a cattle pen for more than six months, after allegedly being kidnapped and forced to marry her abductor, Khizer Hayat, have attacked the authorities for refusing to act. Police investigators initially held Hayat but then released him, saying there was no evidence the girl had not consented to the marriage and that a medical report said she was 16.
Thai child modelling agent charged over child sex abuse images
Date: 16 February 2021
Source: BBC
Thai police have arrested the head of a child modelling agency after more than 500,000 indecent images of children were found on computer hard drives. Danudetch “Nene” Saengkaew, 23, has been charged with importing pornographic images into a computer system and sexually abusing minors, the Bangkok Post reported. Police Col Korrawat Panprapakorn, director-general of the DSI, said the amount of evidence convinced investigators that the agency “must have been behind the abuse of thousands of children”.
GLOBAL
Slavery survivors moved ‘without notice, without reason’ in London lockdown
Date: 29 January 2021
Source: The Guardian
Modern slavery survivors with young children were among refugees allegedly forced to move accommodation in London with as little as one day’s notice during coronavirus lockdowns this winter. The Home Office advises that if people seeking asylum in the UK need to be moved, a letter will be sent to them “confirming the arrangements”. But of the five women who spoke to the Guardian, all said they had received no letter before being told by phone or in person that they needed to move within days and, in some cases, without being given a reason.
In Afghanistan, a booming kidney trade preys on the poor
Date: 6 February 2021
Source: The New York Times
The illegal kidney business is booming in the western city of Herat, Afghanistan, fueled by sprawling slums, the surrounding land’s poverty and unending war, an entrepreneurial hospital that advertises itself as the country’s first kidney transplantation center, and officials and doctors who turn a blind eye to organ trafficking.
COVID fuelling risk of recruitment and use of children in conflict, UN and EU warn on International Day
Date: 12 February 2021
Source: Reuters
More children could be pushed into the joining armed forces and armed groups due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, senior United Nations and European Union (EU) officials said on International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers. In a joint statement, it was also warned that “only a fraction” of those released from armed forced and groups are able to access reintegration programmes or support.
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Read more: From the field — Ugandan forced to commit ‘horrendous acts’ as 9-year-old child soldier
A lawsuit is accusing 7 chocolate makers of complicity in child labour and trafficking in the cocoa trade
Date: 13 February 2021
Source: Business Insider
Human rights group International Rights Advocates has filed a federal class action lawsuit against mega chocolate makers like Nestle, Mars, and Hershey alleging complicity in child trafficking and forced child labour. In 2001, the companies signed the Harkin-Engel Protocol, which said they would cease using child labour by 2005, according to the IRAdvocates. But as time passed, the companies started giving themselves more leniency in regards to ending the use of child labour, the group says.
Access the article here.
Read more: 2020 List of goods produced by child labour or forced labour
RESOURCES
Report: Share of children among trafficking victims increases; COVID-19 seen worsening overall trend in human trafficking
Date: 2 February 2021
Source: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
The number of children among detected trafficking victims has tripled in the past 15 years, while the share of boys has increased five times, according to the 2020 Global Report on Trafficking in Persons. “Millions of women, children and men worldwide are out of work, out of school and without social support in the continuing COVID-19 crisis, leaving them at greater risk of human trafficking. We need targeted action to stop criminal traffickers from taking advantage of the pandemic to exploit the vulnerable,” said UNODC Executive Director Ghada Waly.
Access the article here.
Read the report here.
Documentary: Child trafficking in Europe
Date: 12 February 2021
Source: DW Documentary
What prospects do children have if they’ve grown up in a criminal environment? Pickpocketing is part of everyday life in the Paris Metro. Police say it’s often committed by Romanian children, working mostly for their own parents, who use threats to keep their children stealing. These children are merely the first link in the chain. Investigators were able to trace the money all the way to Romania, where it reappears in very specific places. The criminal business is organized by gangs all over Europe.
Access the article here.
Watch more: Contract killing in Colombia
Opinion: Now is the time to support sex workers’ rights
Date: 18 February 2021
Source: Open Democracy
The COVID-19 pandemic and the measures put in place to mitigate it have exacerbated existing inequalities by forcing millions of workers around the world to lose work and income. Sex workers have been particularly hard hit. The long-standing conflation of sex work and trafficking have effectively led to their exclusion from not only government relief and protective measures but also from most private and philanthropic support. Yet the explicitness of the damage being done also presents us with an opportunity to turn the conversation around…
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Read more: Listening to working children is a legal obligation – not a choice
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亞洲
巴基斯坦12歲女童遭人綁架被迫下嫁 警方：相信她是自願的
日期：2021年2月10日
來源：ETtoday新聞雲
巴基斯坦一名年僅12歲的女童，於2020年6月自家中被帶走，並遭人關在牛舍中長達6個多月，被要求清理動物糞便，還多次遭受性侵，甚至被迫和對方結婚。女童家屬上警局報案，未料警方堅稱，他們相信女童是自願嫁給對方，便將男子釋放，更以女童父親是少數基督徒為由，對他使用歧視性字眼。
「連兒女都能賣了，賣腎又怎麼樣？」 阿富汗器官黑市興起
日期：2021年2月10日
來源：風傳媒
阿富汗西部省城赫拉特長年處於戰爭、饑荒與貧困狀態，助長非法器官交易猖獗。若非不得已，沒有人想冒險去做違法勾當。「這些人，他們需要錢，」當地教師法奇里向《紐約時報》說道。赫拉特貧民窟的街道深處，28歲的阿泰說他沒有一秒不對當初賣腎的決定感到後悔。他需要撫養13個家人，在賣腎之前還背有4000美元債務，「要做出決定很困難，但是我別無選擇，沒有人願意將自己的身體部位放棄給別人。」阿泰的腎臟賣得3800美元，但手術剝奪了他的謀生能力，至今他還是負債累累，無法支付房租或電費。
50萬張不雅照流出，泰國童模機構被查
日期：2021年2月18日
來源：新浪新聞網
泰國司法部特別案件調查廳（DSI）近日對該國一家知名兒童模特經紀公司Nene Modeling突擊搜查，逮捕一名涉嫌性侵兒童和製作傳播兒童淫穢信息的男子。案件受害人均為6歲至15歲的未成年男性，包括至少40名泰國男孩以及數千名來自其他國家的男孩。 犯罪嫌疑人丹努特今年28歲，他以兒童模特經紀人的身份先取得學校老師的信任，然後接近兒童，再鎖定目標實施性侵。家長亦以為丹努特的身份肯定經過了學校老師的審查，不會有問題。
捲入新疆強迫勞動 12家日企：將終止相關合作
日期：2021年2月22日
來源：經濟日報
在美國、英國陸續對新疆生產的棉花等製品實施進口限制後，日企也承擔類似的人權壓力。共同社詢問了14家被指與涉及強迫勞動的中企合作的日本企業，除了Panasonic拒絕評論外，其他日企若不是指無法核實相關指控，就是指沒有和涉嫌強迫維族人勞動的公司合作。而其中12家日企表示，若未來合作廠商被發現涉及強迫勞動，他們將終止或考慮終止業務。這12家日企包括優衣庫的母公司「迅銷」（Fast Retailing）、索尼（Sony）和日立（Hitachi）。
國際
聯合國和歐盟：新冠大流行加劇了在衝突中招募和使用兒童的風險
日期：2021年2月12日
來源：聯合國新聞
聯合國和歐盟高級官員表示，由於新冠大流行的影響，可能有更多兒童被迫加入武裝部隊和團體。歐盟代表在一份聯合聲明中警告說，很少有被武裝部隊和團體釋放的人能夠被納入重返社會方案或得到支持，「我們負有共同責任，要建立一個可持續的體系，在任何時候都能保護所有兒童。」
人權組織控雀巢 Mars等朱古力商 涉助科特迪瓦可可農場奴役童工
日期：2021年2月13日
來源：蘋果日報
美國人權組織「國際權利倡導者」代表八位童工受害者，入稟起訴朱古力生產商雀巢、瑪氏、好時、嘉吉、億滋、Barry Callebaut和Olam，指他們涉嫌協助和教唆西非國家科特迪瓦的可可農場，大規模非法奴役童工。八名原告童年時被拐騙到科特迪瓦的可可園打工，但農場環境惡劣，他們除了被迫長時間工作，還要面對蚊叮蟲咬，且在缺乏保護下噴施肥和殺蟲化學劑，部份人手上更有使用彎刀收割時意外留下的明顯刀疤。不過最可惡是，說好了的薪水卻從未收過。
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評論及資源
評論：未成年網絡陷阱 — 疫情惡化的「兒童網路性勒索」怎麼防？
日期：2021年2月1日
來源：轉交國際
性勒索（Sextortion）是網路性剝削犯罪樣態的一種，約近十年前慢慢開始在全球延燒，到近五年成為越來越普及的犯罪樣態。這是一種發生在任何網路情境場域中、而且不分被害人的年紀、性別，且跨越國境的犯罪樣態。其中最常見的犯罪模式是，加害人透過懷柔或高壓的方式，說服18歲以下的未成年人分享自己裸露或性愛相關之圖片。根據加拿大非營利兒童保護組織Cybertip.ca的分析歸納指出，性勒索案件中，針對十幾歲男孩和女孩的被害人，在犯罪策略上可能略有不同…
評論：走了歐盟黃牌、又遭美國視為「血汗海鮮」，業者與政府如何應對？
日期：2021年2月2日
來源：報導者
美國在2020年9月30日發表《童工及強迫勞動製品清單》，台灣遠洋漁業的漁獲赫然在列。雖然美國目前並未表示將全面禁止台灣漁獲銷售至美國，但已有美國買家強力表達不改善就轉單的要求，讓漁業與水產公司緊張，也讓政府擔憂。經過多年努力，台灣在2019年被歐盟解除黃牌，何以一年後又被美國列管？為避免未來遭到美國制裁、讓台灣在2022年美國勞動部複檢時除名，業者開始進行哪些改革？漁業署為何開始思考「減船計畫」？
報告：「一條人命不如幾克毒品」 新冠肺炎讓販賣更猖獗
日期：2021年2月3日
來源：太報
聯合國毒品和犯罪問題辦公室（UNODC）於2日發布《2020人口販賣研究報告書》，說明去年受害人數超過四萬九千人，其中三分之一是兒童，他們大多來自極度貧困、失能家庭，或者被家庭遺棄，被賣到高收入國家性剝削、強迫犯罪或乞討，到低收入國家則是成為童工。而販賣目的約有50%屬於性剝削者，另有少數人則是落入器官摘除組織，而每位受害者的價值可能只有幾百美元，比幾克安非他命都不如。
STOP. 中文電子報每月出版，旨在向本港打擊販運人口的社區提供最新的新聞和資源。如你有反人口販運的資訊想透過本報發放，請聯絡 NEWS@STOPHK.ORG。本電子報內容並不反映 STOP. 的立場，謝謝您對本組織的支持。STOP. 是 希望枝子有限公司 (BRANCHES OF HOPE) 其中一個項目，旨在對抗人口販運。本組織與其他名稱類同的反人口販運組織並無關連。
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HONG KONG
Cybercrimes from ‘sextortion’ to love scams surge, scammers prey on young spending more time online amid Covid-19 pandemic
Date: 25 December 2020
Source: South China Morning Post
Cybercrimes in Hong Kong have doubled compared with a year before, including scammers who blackmailed victims as young as 11 years old into providing nude photos, as students spent more time online amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
ASIA
Cambodia adds human trafficking lessons to schools
Date: 31 December 2020
Source: VOA
The new lessons will help students understand the different forms of human trafficking, the roles of schools and communities in prevention, and the relevant laws and rights, the deputy head of the Cambodian government’s counter-trafficking agency said. “Education is part of prevention,” said Chou Bun Eng, whose office developed the lessons with the education ministry and will train teachers to deliver them.
BlackRock raps board of world’s biggest glove maker over worker safety
Date: 7 January 2021
Source: Reuters
In July 2020, the United States banned two units of Top Glove over forced labour allegations. The board of directors of Malaysian firm Top Glove Corp, the world’s largest maker of medical grade gloves, has failed egregiously in protecting its workers from COVID-19, U.S. investor BlackRock said, calling for its removal. BlackRock’s comments were the first public criticism of Top Glove from an investor since the virus outbreak among workers.
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Read more: Malaysia’s Top Glove fired whistleblower before virus outbreak
‘It is modern-day slavery’: Migrant workers from Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara face trafficking, abuse
Date: 17 January 2021
Source: South China Morning Post
It was around 3am when Antonious Remigius Abi was awoken by frantic knocking on his front door. When he opened it, he found six young women carrying what seemed like all their worldly possessions. While their arrival on that night was dramatic, it was not particularly surprising. The softly spoken ethics professor has become known in Medan over the past few years as the main source of support for migrant workers from NTT fleeing abuse from their employers and wanting to return home.
GLOBAL
Britain’s M&S backs call to stop forced labour in China’s Xinjiang
Date: 7 January 2021
Source: Reuters
The United Nations estimates China has detained at least 1 million Uighurs and other minorities in camps in Xinjiang, where many of them are said to be put to work in textile factories. British retailer Marks & Spencer said it did not work with any supplier in or source from Xinjiang but publicly supported the call to action to “help play its part in driving meaningful change at scale”.
Inside Germany’s abattoirs — the human cost of cheap meat
Date: 8 January 2021
Source: Financial Times
While Germany is known for strong trade unions and harmonious labour relations, several pockets of its economy are dependent on cheap migrant labour and have been accused of exploitative conditions — from trucking and home nursing to parcel delivery and seasonal harvests. Nowhere was this starker than in the service of cheap meat.
The baby-selling scheme: Poor pregnant Marshall Islands women lured to the US
Date: 8 January 2021
Source: The Guardian
Rolson Price still scans Facebook for his daughter’s picture. He is one of dozens of victims of an extraordinary and brazen human trafficking ring, operating for years across the Marshall Islands archipelago and three states of the United States of America. The scheme involved pregnant Marshallese women being lured to the United States and enticed, with offers of $10,000 and the promise of a new life in America, to give up their babies, which were then adopted out to US couples willing to pay four times that amount for a child.
RESOURCES
Looking ahead: top priorities to tackle modern slavery in 2021
Date: 8 January 2021
Source: Freedom United
As the United Nations’ goal of ending modern slavery by 2030 comes another year closer, experts are worried that the gains made against modern slavery and human trafficking risk being undone by the COVID-19 pandemic. Leading academics, activists, officials, and experts identified three priorities for the anti-slavery movement in 2021.
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香港
裸聊案首10月757宗增4倍 310學生受害人最細11歲 料與停課有關
日期：2020年12月25日
來源：香港01
近年本港科技罪案有上升趨勢，當中裸聊勒索案升幅顯著，大增3.9倍，錄得757宗，受害人亦有年輕化趨勢，七成人年齡介乎10至29歲，310人為學生。警方同時發現，裸聊騙徒最近採用新作案手法，遊說受害人下載偽裝交友App的惡意軟件，套取手機資料及偷錄裸聊過程，從而進行勒索，年紀最輕受害人僅11歲。疫情下亦有不少學生墮入風化案，曾有女學生於網上認識陌生人後應邀外出，於住所附近後巷遭施暴。
亞洲
「教育是預防的一部分」：柬埔寨學校增防制人口販運課程
日期：2020年12月26日
來源：世界播報
柬埔寨政府反人口販運機構副局長表示，新課程將幫助學生了解不同形式的人口販運，學校和社區在預防中的作用，以及相關法律和權利。反人口販運慈善機構Chab Dai的項目經理Chan Saron表示，「孩子們需要知道具體的情況（才能有效預防販運）：人口販子常用的伎倆有甚麼？甚麼是強迫結婚？中國﹑泰國或越南的真實情況是甚麼？」
大馬頂級手套輕忽疫情 大股東貝萊德欲下架董事
日期：2021年1月7日
來源：時報資訊
美國資產管理公司貝萊德（BlackRock）欲將馬來西亞醫用手套製造商頂級手套(Top Glove)的現任董事除名，因為這家頂級手套公司，未能善盡保護自己生產線的員工，免於新冠病毒的危害。2020年7月，頂級手套因涉及強迫勞動，遭到美國發出扣押令，禁止其產品進入。馬來西亞當局也打算以提供劣質宿舍環境名義，向該公司開罰。同年年底，頂級手套爆發逾五千名外籍勞工集體染疫，隨後被揭開除了一位曾舉發頂級手套輕忽疫情傳染性的吹哨員工。
國際
「現代奴役法案」禁止企業涉入新疆勞動供應鏈 英國外相將祭出懲罰方案
日期：2021年1月13日
來源：上報
英國外交大臣拉布（Dominic Raab）12日宣布，將頒布方案確保「現代奴役法案」（Modern Slavery Act）規範對象擴及英國公私部門，保證此後「沒有任何英國企業能自新疆強迫勞動獲益，更不得涉足他們的供應鏈體系」，否則將對其祭出高額罰款重裁。英國聲明表示，相關證據都在在顯示新疆人權迫害問題情況嚴峻、十足威脅該區供應鏈。
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聯合國發起2021年消除童工現象國際年
日期：2021年1月15日
來源：聯合國新聞
在過去十年中，童工現象已減少38％，但目前全球仍有1.52億兒童受到影響。新冠疫情使情況進一步惡化，對經濟地位本已脆弱的人群帶來更多的貧困，並可能使多年來與童工現象對抗所取得的進展發生逆轉。停課加劇這種情況，數以百萬計的兒童正在努力為家庭收入做出貢獻。並造成婦女、男子和兒童更容易受到剝削。為此，國際勞工組織與「8.7聯盟全球夥伴關係」合作，發起2021消除童工現象國際年，以鼓勵採取立法和實際行動在全世界消除童工現象。
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+ 閱讀更多：兒童新娘人數 30 年來首度急升，全球女孩生存警報亮紅燈／《2020 年全球少女報告》
美搗人口販賣集團 救回33兒童
日期：2021年1月25日
來源：蘋果日報
美國洛杉磯聯邦調查局指，在本月一次反人口販賣的行動中尋回33名失蹤兒童，其中八人被性侵犯，一名涉案疑犯被起訴。局方指，有兩名兒童曾多次獲救後被再販運，「這種惡性循環凸顯受害者和執法者在嘗試阻止他們返回被虐的處境時面臨的挑戰。受害者或不會認為自己是被販賣，甚至不知道自己正被販賣」。
評論及資源
評論：守護海洋缺一不可 改善漁工人權、發展永續漁業
日期：2021年1月22日
來源：綠色和平
您也許會好奇，近年來綠色和平為什麼在倡議守護海洋的同時，也向政府、企業疾呼改善遠洋漁工人權？這一群在海上做工的人，與維護海洋環境有什麼樣的關係？而不當對待外籍漁工，竟與船家過度捕撈、非法漁業等危害海洋生態存續的行為密不可分，甚至可能危及臺灣遠洋漁業的發展與商機？
STOP. 中文電子報每月出版，旨在向本港打擊販運人口的社區提供最新的新聞和資源。如你有反人口販運的資訊想透過本報發放，請聯絡 NEWS@STOPHK.ORG。本電子報內容並不反映 STOP. 的立場，謝謝您對本組織的支持。STOP. 是 希望枝子有限公司 (BRANCHES OF HOPE) 其中一個項目，旨在對抗人口販運。本組織與其他名稱類同的反人口販運組織並無關連。Branches of Hope eNews January 2021
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New story posted on 100stories
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Thank you for your readership!
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HONG KONG
Seven arrested in Hong Kong over exploiting performers in high-end gay sex show ring
Date: 14 December 2020
Source: South China Morning Post
Seven people in Hong Kong were arrested in connection with a job scam in which men were offered large sums to work as performers for gay pornographic videos and exclusive live shows, only to find themselves allegedly threatened with blackmail after having their pay withheld. Male spectators who shelled out HK$700 each to watch the men take part in sex shows could also purportedly pay for sex with performers afterwards, “and the actor could not refuse,” Superintendent Chen Chi-cheong said.
Day off denied: How Covid confined Hong Kong’s domestic ‘helpers’
Date: 15 December 2020
Source: The Guardian
On Sundays Hong Kong’s migrant domestic workers traditionally gather in their thousands in the city’s public spaces to enjoy their day off. But for months these gatherings have not happened. Instead, the city’s estimated 400,000 domestic workers have been cooped up in their employers’ homes. Existing inequalities have been amplified by Covid-19, leaving scores of workers struggling to cope with the double burden presented by the pandemic, researchers have found.
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Read more: The Philippines’ migrant workers, and the children left behind
ASIA
Garment workers going hungry as fallout from cancelled orders takes toll
Date: 3 December 2020
Source: The Guardian
The catastrophic fallout of the fashion industry’s decision to cancel billions of pounds of clothing orders at the start of the pandemic has left garment workers across the world facing chronic food shortages. Interviews with nearly 400 garment workers in Myanmar, India, Indonesia, Lesotho, Haiti, Ethiopia, El Salvador, Cambodia and Bangladesh, found that almost 80% of workers, many making clothes for some of the world’s largest fashion brands, are going hungry.
The child trafficking survivors training to prosecute sex crimes
Date: 16 December 2020
Source: Aljazeera
When Sinaj Khatun was a teenager, she dreamed of the security of a government job. But at the age of 20, lured by the promise of one by a man she was introduced to while in college, she ended up being sexually exploited for two months. Now, at 31, she has a different dream: to fight criminals like the one who duped her – in court.
GLOBAL
Met police to compensate child slavery victim arrested after reporting ordeal
Date: 9 December 2020
Source: The Guardian
KQT was 15 when he was trafficked from Vietnam to the UK. He was arrested on arrival and placed in foster care, but shortly after was collected by his traffickers and forced to work on a cannabis farm. In 2018, he escaped his captors and walked into a police station to report his ordeal. Instead of treating him as a potential victim of child trafficking, police officers detained him under immigration powers. KQT has since been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress syndrome and depression.
Access the article here.
Read more: Female trafficking survivors in UK forced into unsafe housing, report finds
‘These girls are being cut and married in droves’: How Covid-19’s social effects hurt girls in Kenya
Date: 10 December 2020
Source: The New York Times
A deep, sonorous melody pierces the night sky when young Samburu warriors celebrate an impending marriage. These songs, which echo across the arid plains of rural northern Kenya, are beautiful. They also often herald danger for girls in the region’s pastoralist communities — and during the coronavirus pandemic, they’ve grown alarmingly more frequent.
Pornhub removes all user-uploaded videos amid legality row
Date: 14 December 2020
Source: BBC
A New York Times report had accused Pornhub of being “infested” with child-abuse and rape-related videos. Mastercard, one of the world’s biggest payment providers, pulled support for the site this month over the scandal. Pornhub says its new measures are now more strict than any social media platform. The move means that only videos uploaded by verified content partners and people featured in the videos, who are members of its model programme, remain online.
Access the article here.
Read more: An uplifting update on the terrible world of Pornhub
Former fashion executive Peter Nygard charged with sex trafficking
Date: 16 December 2020
Source: NPR News
Peter Nygard, the former CEO of a Canada-based fashion line, has been arrested and charged with racketeering, sex trafficking and other crimes. He allegedly targeted women and girls from “disadvantaged economic backgrounds,” including those with a history of abuse. Nygard and his associates are accused of forcibly assaulting these victims, as well as drugging them to force their compliance. He also lured victims with the promise of careers in the fashion industry, according to the indictment.
RESOURCES
Report: China’s ‘tainted’ cotton
Date: 14 December 2020
Source: BBC News
China is forcing hundreds of thousands of Uighurs and other minorities into hard, manual labour in the vast cotton fields of its western region of Xinjiang, according to new research seen by the BBC. Based on newly discovered online documents, it provides the first clear picture of the potential scale of forced labour in the picking of a crop that accounts for a fifth of the world’s cotton supply and is used widely throughout the global fashion industry.
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Read the report here.
Report: Thousands of ocean fishing boats could be using forced labor – We used AI and satellite data to find them
Date: 22 December 2020
Source: The Conversation
Forced labor is a known problem in open ocean fishing, but the scale has been very hard to track historically. By combining our team’s data science expertise with satellite monitoring, input from human rights practitioners and machine learning algorithms, we developed a way to predict if a fishing vessel was at high risk of using forced labor. Our study shows that up to 100,000 individuals may have been victims of forced labor between 2012 and 2018 on these ships.
Access the article here.
Read the report here.
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本月焦點
100stories 更新啦
我們的故事平台 100storiesHK 發佈了第 38 個關於在港人口販運倖存者的故事。Shirley遠赴重洋，一心希望付出勞力為身在病榻的母親賺取醫藥費，卻無辜被欺騙及剝削…
感謝各位過去一年的支持
讓我們懷抱善良、勇氣迎接2021年。新年快樂！
香港
絕食抗爭拒童婚 90後巴裔誓要做港女
日期：2020年12月11日
來源：星島日報
在港土生土長，說得一口流利廣東話的巴基斯坦裔少女 Mariyam 希望融入主流社會，但往往因種族問題被同學或途人侮辱，尚未成年之際更遭父母帶返家鄉，強逼遵照傳統「童婚」習俗相夫教子。她最終通過絕食等行動「抗爭」逾兩年，始獲雙親同意擱置婚事，得以返港繼續求學，惟仍擔心將來再遭逼婚，但願可像「港女」一樣自主命運，「因為我也是香港人！」
主腦未落網 港版N房案7人被捕
日期：2020年12月15日
來源：蘋果日報
今年6月中，蘋果獨家揭發本港發生翻版韓國「N號房」事件，歹徒以試鏡拍片為由威逼利誘同男「演員」上酒店房性侵，拍下過程轉售圖利。警方拘捕七名男子，主要負責招募、財務、場地安排、拍攝，罪名為串謀控制他人而目的在於使他與人非法性交或賣淫，部份人亦涉刑事恐嚇及勒索，警方不排除有進一步拘捕行動。
亞洲
南韓網路性暴力量刑開啟新頁
日期：2020年11月30日
來源：人權觀察
韓國今年初爆出「N號房」事件，主腦趙周斌利用Telegram設立網路聊天室，並與多名共犯以黑函脅迫婦女和少女錄製性暴力影像在網上分享。11月26日，首爾法院將趙周斌判刑40年，這起駭人聽聞的事件隨之走近終點。以往南韓對於網路性暴力案件通常僅以罰款了事，本案判決令人期待南韓司法部門可能開始更加嚴肅看待這類犯罪。但是，要遏止這類罪行在南韓和其他地方的驚人流行，還需要再接再勵。
疫情衝擊 全球多數成衣工人被迫減薪「挨餓度日」
日期：2020年12月4日
來源：Rti 中央廣播電臺
全球勞工權利倡導團體「工人權益聯盟」最新發佈的報告，針對柬埔寨、孟加拉、薩爾瓦多、衣索比亞、海地、印度、印尼、賴索托和緬甸等9國的大約400名成衣工人進行訪問調查，發現他們之中有多達四分之三的人受疫情影響，薪水大幅縮減，必須借錢買食物過活。戰略研究主任克里特絲說：「國際知名時尚品牌業者現在最重要的行動就是籌集資金，讓成衣工人有足夠的薪水渡過往後的疫情危機。」
侯奇江：拐賣、家暴和冥婚，中國底層殘障女性的生死掙扎
日期：2020年12月7日
來源：端傳媒
在中國大陸，近期幾則關於農村低智女性遭遇性侵、被虐待的新聞屢見報端。這些觸目驚心的新聞，可以幫助我們大致拼湊出一個底層低智殘障婦女的生活經歷：困囿於自身的身體缺陷，出生於貧困凋敝的地區，她們失去了全方位的身心自由和發展權利。有些女孩來不及長大便淪為發泄慾望的工具。另一些少女無力反抗家庭的安排，以彩禮的名義被出售，為生育而存在。
國際
被指縱容兒童色情、偷拍影片 PornHub 公佈新政策：禁下載影片、上傳者須確認身份
日期：2020年12月9日
來源：立場新聞
色情影片網站 PornHub 近日作重大變動，禁止非認可帳戶上載影片及停止影片下載功能。另外，用戶明年起仍然可以上傳自己的影片，但其中需要經過身份辨別程序。PornHub 的新變動源於《紐約時報》專欄作家紀思道近日的文章，揭發 PornHub 未有妥善執行其管理條款，而網站上除有傳統色情影片商的製作外，同時充斥著大量兒童色情、報復式影片、偷拍、種族主義及厭女影片，並從中獲利。
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長年性侵數十女性、餵藥強暴少女 79歲時尚大亨被捕
日期：2020年12月16日
來源：蘋果日報
加拿大時尚大亨尼加德遭美國紐約州檢方指控9項罪名，包括敲詐、性販賣等罪名。數十名女子控告尼加德，指他以金錢引誘年輕貧窮的女子到他在巴哈馬的豪宅，承諾會給她們當模特兒或在時尚產業工作的機會。但這些女子到了巴哈馬後遭限制行動，護照被沒收；有數名原告表示，當時她們年僅14、15歲。她們被要求喝酒或用藥，並遭尼加德本人或其他共犯強暴。
巴西女8歲家貧被送養 遭囚為奴近40年終獲救
日期：2020年12月22日
來源：中央通訊社
一名女子在8歲時因家境貧窮而被送養，遭寄養家庭囚禁為奴隸長達近40年，期間還被迫結婚。她在磨難多年後，終於靠鄰居檢舉而獲救。負責這起救援案的勞檢人員卡瑪斯米告訴湯森路透基金會：「她肚子餓時，他們會給她食物；但除此之外，她的所有其他權利都被剝奪。」官員表示，在巴西，家庭奴隸問題難以確認與處理，因這些受害者很少自認是現代奴隸。
評論及資源
電台訪問：強迫勞動與保護海洋資源有何關聯？
日期：2020年12月14日
來源：法國國際廣播電台
海上強迫勞動與保護海洋資源之間有何關聯？遠洋公海地帶向來是天高皇帝遠的地帶，如何才能夠有效地監督遠洋捕魚的漁船？我們就此電話採訪了知名環保組織綠色和平組織台灣分部海洋部的負責人。
研究：新疆採棉工 –– 新證據揭露時尚產業背後的強迫勞動
日期：2020年12月17日
來源：BBC中文
BBC獲得的一項最新研究結果顯示，中國正迫使數十萬維吾爾族和其他少數民族人群在西部新疆地區廣闊的棉田中從事艱苦的體力勞動。除了大型的再教育營系統，有關少數族裔被迫在紡織廠工作的指控也得到詳細記錄。中國政府否認這些說法，堅稱這些營地是「職業教育培訓中心」，而這些工廠是一個大規模、自願的扶貧計劃的一部分。
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HIGHLIGHT OF THE MONTH
New story posted on 100stories
Our storytelling platform 100storiesHK has posted its 37th story! 19 year old Ayyan dreamt of a better life working in Hong Kong. Instead, he was deceived, trafficked and trapped in forced labour.
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HONG KONG
HK opposition walkout seen as ‘setback’ for anti-slavery, LGBT+ push
Date: 13 November 2020
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
The mass resignation of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy opposition lawmakers has raised doubts about campaigns pushing for anti-slavery legislation and equality for same-sex couples in the city. The withdrawal came after Hong Kong’s Beijing-backed government expelled four lawmakers from the legislature for endangering national security, prompting the remaining opposition members to quit in solidarity.
Hong Kong juveniles becoming victims of child pornography, sex crimes amid pandemic, police warn
Date: 23 November 2020
Source: South China Morning Post
Hong Kong juveniles as young as seven are increasingly becoming victims of child pornography or sex crimes as they take to the internet to make friends while getting stuck at home amid the coronavirus pandemic, police have warned. “Parents need talk to their children with an open attitude and give them proper sex education,” said Chief Inspector Cheung Po-yuet of the police’s Family Conflict and Sexual Violence Policy Unit.
ASIA
Minor who joined NPA files human trafficking complaint against recruiters
Date: 9 November 2020
Source: Inquirer.net
“Ka Anda” (not his real name), a minor who claimed he was enticed to join the New People’s Army (NPA) has filed a human trafficking complaint against his alleged recruiters. He claimed his recruiters promised to send him to school. But instead of being sent to school, Ka Anda said he was brought to the mountains and was used by the rebels to collect money from civilians.
Parents in debt, out of work, school kids in city forced into child labour
Date: 16 November 2020
Source: Hindustan Times
In India, prolonged closure of schools and job loss due to the lockdown enforced to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has pushed a lot of students from the economically weaker section into child labour. According to NGO CHETNA (Childhood Enhancement Through Training and Action), at least 55% or 325 of the 586 children in their contact in east and north-east districts of Delhi have been engaged in some sort of work ever since the schools have been shut in view of the pandemic.
Indian factory workers supplying major brands allege routine exploitation
Date: 17 November 2020
Source: BBC
Indian workers in factories supplying the supermarket chains Marks & Spencer, Tesco and Sainsbury’s, and the fashion brand Ralph Lauren, told the BBC they are being subjected to exploitative conditions. One owner of a clothing supplier – who did not want to be named – said that poor checks and balances, combined with a lack of responsibility by the brands, makes it hard to stamp out that exploitation. “It is the way of working in the textile industry, it’s just not India, it’s everywhere.”
Rape, abuses in palm oil fields linked to top beauty brands
Date: 21 November 2020
Source: The Associated Press
Palm oil is found in everything from potato chips and pills to pet food, and also ends up in the supply chains of some of the biggest names in the $530 billion beauty business, helping women around the world feel pampered and beautiful. But much of it comes from plantations where women are burdened with dangerous jobs and face sexual abuse and harassment. The Associated Press conducted the first comprehensive investigation focusing on the brutal treatment of women in the production of palm oil across Indonesia and Malaysia.
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GLOBAL
Bilal Fawaz: ‘I became best friends with darkness and pain a long time ago’
Date: 9 November 2020
Source: The Guardian
After being abused as a boy in Nigeria and trafficked to London at 14, boxing and piano playing gave him hope. It took him 16 years to win the right to remain legally in the UK but, despite being stateless, Fawaz fought six times for England and won the national ABA light-middleweight title in 2012. He is now 32 and finally able to fight professionally. “There is beauty in darkness,” Bilal Fawaz says with a poetic flourish.
Buying a baby on Nairobi’s black market
Date: 16 November 2020
Source: BBC
Vulnerable women are being preyed on in Nairobi to feed a thriving black market for babies. Africa Eye infiltrated the trafficking rings selling children for as little as £300. Over the course of a year-long investigation, Africa Eye has found evidence of children being snatched from homeless mothers and sold for massive profits. They uncovered illegal child trafficking in street clinics and babies being stolen to order at a major government-run hospital.
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Sex trafficking ring of 178 people are arrested in Florida for trafficking
Date: 19 November 2020
Source: Daily Mail
Nearly 200 people have been arrested in a shocking child sex trafficking case centered on one teenage girl whose own mother allegedly sold her for sex or drugs in Florida. Some of the people linked to the case include a grade school physical education teacher and a high-profile booster for Florida State University, as per the Tallahassee Democrat. Several women were also charged in the case for arranging paid ‘plays’ with the girl in exchange for cash.
UK sourced PPE from factories secretly using North Korean slave labour
Date: 20 November 2020
Source: The Guardian
The British government has sourced PPE from factories in China where hundreds of North Korean women have been secretly working in conditions of modern slavery, according to evidence uncovered by the Guardian. “The workers have no days off. They are not allowed to go out. The North Korean [state] controls them. They make money for the country,” said a manager at one factory.
RESOURCES
Report: Understanding and attitudes of employers of migrant domestic workers towards ethical recruitment and decent work principles in Hong Kong
Date: 20 October 2020
Source: IOM Hong Kong
With about 400,000 migrant domestic workers working in Hong Kong, employers, even as individuals, play a decisive role to not only shape their employment experience but also recruitment. IOM Hong Kong released a report on the understanding and attitudes of employers of migrant domestic workers on ethical recruitment and decent work principles. The survey showed that fewer than half of employers surveyed did any due diligence to make sure that workers were hired lawfully.
Opinion: Exploitation is the rule, not the exception
Date: 17 November 2020
Source: Open Democracy
The Palermo Protocol was established twenty years ago. Despite receiving numerous expressions of official support in the years that have followed, the protocol has not proved to be especially effective. This is, in part, because it fails adequately to articulate the nature of the problem to be addressed. Our particular concern here is the vague and ambiguous use of two key terms, “exploitation” and “vulnerability,” which lead to ineffective and even harmful solutions. In this article, we argue that a better formulation of the problem will yield more effective solutions.
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我們的故事平台 100storiesHK 發佈了第 37 個關於在港人口販運倖存者的故事。19歲的Ayyan懷著對美好生活的嚮往來港工作，卻被欺詐、販運、強迫勞動…
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香港
2013年印傭被虐 僱主判監 網民眾籌資金供返港出席索償訴訟
日期：2020年11月9日
來源：立場新聞
2013 年，香港一對夫婦因虐待印傭 Kartika Puspitasari，包括熨斗燙面、單車鏈鞭打及鎅刀鎅手等，兩人八項罪名成立，分別被判 3 年 3 個月及 5 年半。事隔七年，外勞事工中心（MFMW）發起網絡眾籌，盼籌得港幣 14,000 元，讓 Kartika 可回香港出席向前僱主民事索償案的聆訊。
疫情下裸聊勒索案及兒童色情物品案上升
日期：2020年11月23日
來源：Now 新聞
今年首半年學校大部分時間停課，警方表示，涉及網上交友的罪案，包括裸聊勒索案、兒童色情物品案和牽涉青少年的非法性交案等有上升趨勢，最年輕受害人只有7歲。騙徒會在交友網尋找目標，以性感頭像吸引受害人，與他們對話並騙取信任，其後演變成裸聊，再截圖勒索受害人，而與事主「裸聊」的並非騙徒本人。
亞洲
大馬政府推兩計劃，7個月內重新安置無證移工
日期：2020年11月12日
來源：Malaysiakini
馬來西亞內政部長韓沙再努丁宣布，政府將推出含2項主要措施的重新安置無證移民計劃, 即自願遣返安置計劃和重新安置勞工計劃。「馬來西亞依然繼續凍結引進移工。這項計劃旨在允許逗留國內的無證移民，選擇要回到原屬國，或是合法就業都可以。我們給予的通融期限是到明年6月30日。」韓沙保證，允許國內的無證移民合法化，不會影響到市場和本地人的就業機會。
簽本票的陷阱 ── 誰讓菲律賓移工背負失控債務？
日期：2020年11月16日
來源：報導者
在我們長期追蹤報導移工議題的過程中，發現了一個奇特現象：為什麼半數以上的菲律賓移工在踏上台灣前，就簽下台灣的本票？一條橫跨台菲兩地的債務剝削鏈是如何創造出來的？雖然監察院曾要求金管會檢討仲介透過本票惡意討債、檢察官曾試圖以「人口販運罪」起訴業者，但許多菲國移工仍被債務綑綁，活在恐懼之中。法律扶助基金會律師們正在蒐集各種證據，和財務公司鬥智鬥法⋯⋯
印度工人控訴剝削 英4著名品牌調查
日期：2020年11月18日
來源：BBC中文
英國廣播公司（BBC）報道，為連鎖超市馬莎百貨、Tesco和Sainsbury’s，以及著名時裝品牌Ralph Lauren供貨的印度工廠，有工人控訴受剝削，包括被迫通宵工作、沒時間喝水或去廁所等。這些品牌雖沒直接營運印度的工廠，但有專家指單靠當地勞工法不足以解決勞工剝削，品牌享有所有利潤，亦應承擔責任。4個品牌均表示關注報道的指控，會展開調查。
國際
一隻會生產「電力」的乳牛！保障孩童受教權、家庭不再缺電
日期：2020年11月2日
來源：食力foodnext
在肯亞一所偏僻的學校，竟有一隻乳牛能夠「擠出電力」，促使當地家長把小孩送去學校上課兼取電？這個猶如科幻小說的情節確實存在，只不過，這頭乳牛並不是真正的牛，而是一頭「太陽能牛」（The Solar Cow）。太陽能牛的真面目是由南韓新創「Yolk」所設立的太陽能充電站。以鋼架做成牛的形狀，其設計背後想呈現的是，當地許多孩童為了要飼養牛隻而無法就學的現象。
英孚外教性剝削中國女生案背後：失控的網絡兒童色情「流行病」
日期：2020年11月6日
來源：MP頭條
英孚美籍外教性剝削12歲中國女生案，揭開兒童性勒索跨國網絡的冰山一角。幸好女童家長及時發現並向教育中心舉報，而美國警方亦於三個月內抓捕嫌疑人，十個月內起訴。然而令人不安的問題並沒有隨之消失：勒索來的影像原本會流向哪裡？那些新搜查到的視頻又從何而來？畫面里那些「有血有肉」的孩子，此刻身在何處？兒童性剝削圖像並不是戀童癖者減少性衝動的「安全閥」，而是「犯罪的燃料」。
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拐賣兒童在非洲——肯亞內羅比黑市嬰兒交易成風
日期：2020年11月20日
來源：BBC中文
BBC《非洲之眼》欄目經過一年多的調查發現諸多證據，證明肯亞首都內羅比黑市兒童販賣活動猖獗。人口販子從街頭拐走嬰幼兒，繼而轉售圖利。記者恩傑裏·姆旺吉遇到的案例中，有人口販子開出僅5萬肯尼亞先令（約港幣3537元）價格求售被拐兒童。BBC 報道播出之後，肯亞勞工與社會保障部長西蒙·切盧吉公開表示將予以徹查。
《衞報》︰英衞生部採購防護衣 出自中國勞役北韓女工血汗工廠
日期：2020年11月21日
來源：蘋果日報
英國《衞報》明查暗訪，發現英國醫護人員使用的防護衣（PPE），部份來自中國丹東市勞役北韓女工的血汗工廠。報道指這些工廠違反了聯合國對北韓實施的禁令，訂購的英國衞生部（DHSC）有助紂為虐之嫌。
評論及資源
研究：香港特別行政區僱主對外籍家庭傭工有關具道德招聘及體面勞動的認識及態度
日期：2020年10月20日
來源：聯合國移民署
現存有關香港外傭僱主的知識及態度方面的研究仍十分缺乏。針對這個情況，本研究希望能識別香港僱主對於道德招聘和體面勞動原則的了解程度和現存態度。研究發現，48%僱主聲稱在挑選職業介紹所時有進行盡職調查，46%表示沒有，6%表示不清楚。我們需要多與僱主溝通和協作，讓他們更意識到自己在整個招聘過程，以及在保障準僱員方面所扮演的重要角色。
評論：路博邁：別讓現代奴役吃掉投資利潤
日期：2020年11月8日
來源：蘋果新聞
2020年武漢肺炎肆虐全球，ESG指數受到重視。投資人或許熟知環境議題，避開碳排放高投資標的，但路博邁集團呼籲投資人更應正視「現代奴役」的風險，例如遠洋漁業殘害漁工、企業採購新疆再教育營產品遭美國政府開罰，都是「現代奴役」可能對投資人帶來的風險。
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