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31.03.2009, 10:22

Human trafficking to rise due to financial crisis

A network of 13 people, reportedly headed by a senior intelligence official, are facing charges of human trafficking. It follows a case where more than 130 women were sold as slaves across Europe.

14.12.2009, 13:21 7 comments

Communist commune in US prospers while economy flounders

City dwellers are spurning capitalist culture for a more relaxing and fulfilling lifestyle at a Twin Oaks commune in rural America.

'The Captain', as he's known, has been homeless for 20 years and has made a home on wheels so it is easy to move. 'The Captain' is a resident at 'Tent City' in Sacramento. 23.07.2009, 11:29 5 comments

America in poverty and behind bars

American author and journalist Sasha Abramsky talked to RT’s Anastasia Churkina about the staggering number of hungry Americans embedded in poverty, and the atrocities of the US prison system.

01.04.2009, 17:32 3 comments

Middle-class homelessness on the rise in UK

Being middle-class and homeless is a trend that is currently plaguing the streets of Britain and is escalating almost as quickly as the recession.

Image from www.1tv.ru 02.04.2009, 13:20 17 comments

Adoptive parents face charges for abusing four-year-old

The adoptive parents of a four-year old boy, who received numerous injuries and burns, are being charged with premeditated harm to a minor. They have also been issued a written order not to leave their residence.

RIA Novosti / Sergey Pyatakov, STF 21.12.2009, 14:42 9 comments

The public discussion about Stalin shows how free we are - observer

Dmitry Babich from Russia Profile magazine believes that Russia now has real freedom, including the freedom to say whatever people really think about Stalin.

Portraits of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasiya Baburova (AFP Photo / Alexey Sazonov) 19.01.2010, 11:11 9 comments

Human rights activists pay tribute to murdered lawyer and journalist

Tuesday marks one year since the murder of human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova in Moscow.

Illegal worker at work, Israel 2008 (Photo by John Perkins)
 09.11.2009, 18:29 3 comments

Under cover of the night: Palestinian ghost workers in Israel

Secret routes, fake IDs, risking freedom and even their lives – despite all this, illegal Palestinian workers flow to Israel in search for jobs they have no chance of finding at home.

Platon Lebedev (R) and Mikhail Khodorkovsky (RIA Novosti / Andrey Stenin) 23.12.2009, 20:51 7 comments

Supreme Court annuls 2003 arrest of former Yukos executive

Russia's Supreme Court has ruled that the 2003 arrest of former Yukos executive Platon Lebedev was illegal on procedural grounds and must be annulled. The decision will have no impact on his imprisonment, however.

Jabalia refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip after an Israeli air strike on January 2, 2009. (AFP Photo / Patrick Baz) 28.12.2009, 08:34 7 comments

Israel remains “immune” to war crimes tribunal

A year after Israel's devastating operation in Gaza, Palestinians are mourning its victims. The war claimed the lives of 1,400 Palestinians, according to human rights groups on both sides, and 13 Israelis.

Slave labor to thrive in recession – report

Published: 14 May, 2009, 03:33


The number of people around the world forced to work as virtual slaves is likely to soar amidst the economic crisis, the International Labor Organization (ILO) warns.

 
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