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Six held in Romania and London as part of human trafficking investigation

The Metropolitan Police believe an organised crime network is using male recruiters to traffic women and force them into prostitution.

The Independent UK

Six women rescued from ‘modern slavery’ in north London after being lured from Romania by fake boyfriends

Victims have been forced into sex work, domestic servitude, agriculture, cannabis factories and car washes, barbers and nail bars, police said

Evening Standard

Dismantling the myth that ancient slavery 'wasn’t that bad'

As someone who researches slavery in the ancient Mediterranean world, especially in the Bible, I often hear remarks like, “Slavery was totally different back then, right?” “Well, it couldn’t have been that bad.” “Couldn’t slaves buy their freedom?”

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'No good options': Sudan's warring sides have committed 'extensive war crimes,' Amnesty says

Amnesty International has accused Sudan’s warring factions of committing “extensive war crimes” including mass killing of civilians and rape and sexual slavery of women in their monthslong fighting to control the eastern African nation

The Independent UK

Florida Unveils Controversial New Education Curriculum Standards On Slavery

The debate is around language saying schools should teach “how slaves developed skills which could be applied for their benefit.”

Zenger

Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #71

Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance.

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Kamala Harris rejects Ron DeSantis offer to discuss slavery curriculum

Vice-president says she will not accept invitation ‘to debate an undeniable fact: there were no redeeming qualities of slavery’

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Harris says she won't debate DeSantis on new Black history standards in Florida

In Orlando, Vice President Harris rejected Gov. Ron DeSantis' invitation for a discussion about the state's new curriculum on slavery, calling it an "unnecessary" debate.

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It's Kamala Harris vs. Ron DeSantis in the fight over Florida's new teachings on slavery

Vice President Kamala Harris is now taking a leading role in the Biden administration's response to prospective Republican challengers, and her top target as of late has been Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis

The Independent UK

Matt Gaetz calls DeSantis ‘thirsty’ for inviting Kamala Harris to discuss controversial slavery curriculum

The Florida governor invited the vice president to Florida to discuss the state’s controversial curriculum

The Independent UK

DeSantis wants Kamala Harris to meet the controversial right-wing scholar behind Florida’s slavery curriculum

The governor invited the VP to discuss the state’s newly approved Black history guidelines

The Independent UK

Questions over NZ modern slavery law as cosmetics exploitation report released

As the Government starts the process towards a Modern Slavery Act, findings from a new report into child labour in the cosmetics industry suggests stronger measures are urgently needed

Newsroom.co.nz

Why Ron DeSantis’s Florida slavery curriculum is so dangerous

By denying the true ills of slavery, DeSantis is working to release the government from the obligation of fixing inequality today

The Guardian - US

PM Modi is rattled: Congress on BJP MP’s remark over removing India from Constitution

NEW DELHI: In its first reaction to a BJP MP’s remarks on Friday that the word ‘India’ should be removed from the Constitution as it is a symbol of colonial slavery, the Congress said the ruling party is feeling nervous and has got rattled.

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Zenger

GOP’s Tim Scott Reminds DeSantis There Was ‘No Silver Lining’ In Slavery: ‘It Was Just Devastating’

Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott has criticized fellow contender Ron DeSantis

The Independent UK

Tim Scott rebukes DeSantis for new Florida Black history curriculum

Senator Tim Scott slams fellow GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis for supporting new teaching standards suggesting Black people benefitted from slavery

The Independent UK

Tim Scott criticizes Ron DeSantis over Florida's new slavery curriculum

U_S_ Sen_ Tim Scott is criticizing fellow Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov_ Ron DeSantis for supporting standards requiring teachers to instruct middle school students that slaves developed skills that “could be applied for their personal benefit.”

Salon

The slavery question implodes the GOP

A losing Republican campaign finds a winning issue: whitewashing the enslavement of Black Americans

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The Independent UK

Citigroup says some predecessor companies likely saw indirect financial benefits from slavery

Some of the companies that formed what is now Citigroup likely benefitted financially from slavery in the 1800’s, the financial giant acknowledged Thursday, an admission that comes at a time when numerous institutions are re-examining their historic roots and the roles they played in slavery in the U.S. In research…

The Guardian - US

Brazil: descendants of Africans who escaped slavery gain census recognition

Groundbreaking data counts 1.3m quilombola, historically excluded population whose communities were founded by fugitive enslaved people

The Independent UK

DeSantis is defending new slavery teachings. Civil rights leaders see a pattern of 'policy violence'

Civil rights activists cheered when Ron DeSantis pardoned four Black men wrongfully convicted of rape as one of his first actions as Florida’s new governor

The Guardian - US

DeSantis’s crusade to delegitimize the horrors of slavery is white supremacy in government

His tactics have a singular goal – erase the horrors of America’s racist past, and create easier pathways for racism to thrive

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian announces new roles in the Caribbean, South America and Africa, and expands its reporting on race in the UK and US

The seven newly-advertised roles – now open for applications – form part of the Guardian’s long-term programme of restorative justice following the publication of the Scott Trust’s legacies of enslavement report in March

The Independent UK

UK’s care sector sees reports of modern slavery double, charity says

Anti-slavery charity Unseen says 2022 was their helpline’s ‘busiest year ever’

The Independent UK

Modern slavery reports have doubled in UK care industry

Victims have been described as extremely vulnerable.

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