Sudan and Egypt Accused of Trafficking and Torture of Refugees
News / Political & Civil Rights / Victoria Xie

Sudan and Egypt Accused of Trafficking and Torture of Refugees

Since 2004, hundreds of thousands of Eritreans have fled their home country to escape government repression. Yet increasingly, in the past three years, they have found themselves subject to human trafficking and put in circumstances worse than those they had left behind. According to the Human Rights Watch (HRW), thousands of Eritreans have fled to … Continue reading

Doctor Sentenced for Child-Trafficking; One-Child Policy to Blame?
Emily Lemaire / News / Political & Civil Rights

Doctor Sentenced for Child-Trafficking; One-Child Policy to Blame?

A doctor in rural Fuping County in China’s Shaanxi Province has received a suspended death sentence for selling seven infants into child-trafficking. The sentencing court has announced that while working as an obstetrician at the Fuping Maternal and Child Healthcare Hospital, the doctor, Zhang Shuxia “fabricate[d] reports about the infants, saying they had suffered from … Continue reading