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New Law in Chile Targets Street Beggars

WRITTEN BY STEVE SHEA [The Santiago Times, Monday, Nov. 7, 2011] Parents who exploit children could

Tue Nov 8 2011

Cambodia

In Cambodia, 52 per cent of children aged between seven and 14 work—over 1.4 million

Thu Nov 3 2011

Uzbekistan: EU Parliamentarians Reject Textile Deal With Uzbekistan

October 5, 2011 – 3:06pm, by Catherine A. Fitzpatrick [Source: EurasiaNet.org] European

Thu Oct 6 2011

Peru sex slavery: Police free 300 women, including minors, in Amazon

[Source BBC News Oct. 4, 2011] More than 400 police took part in the three-day operation Police in

Thu Oct 6 2011

Child slavery bust in Vietnam

[from AFP, September 30, 2011 4:52PM] TWENTY three children and young adults rescued from slave

Tue Oct 4 2011

Asia Leads World in Child-Labor Products: US Report

AFP WASHINGTON – India, Bangladesh and the Philippines lead the world in the number of

Tue Oct 4 2011

Tighter Child-Labor Rules on Farms Proposed

By SCOTT KILMAN [from The Wall Street Journal, Aug. 32, 2011] The U.S. Labor Department proposed

Wed Sep 21 2011

Advocates Protest Uzbekistan’s Use of Forced Child Labor

It’s not every day that you get your message through to one of the world’s most notorious

Wed Sep 21 2011

American Public: Young Farmworkers Deserve Equal Protection of Child Labor Laws– Consumer Survey Finds Americans Concerned about Youth Working in Ag;

Most Parents Would Restrict their Teens More than Current Laws Washington, DC – The vast majority

Thu Jul 21 2011

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