Global Sex Slavery

Action Alert: This summer, U.N. Special Rapporteur on Trafficking Sigma Huda was jailed in her home country of Bangladesh. In June, she was also prevented from presenting her report on trafficking at the Human Rights Council in Geneva. In November, she was convicted, along with her husband (a popular politician), on trumped up charges of corruption filed by the military dictatorship that took power last January. So far, the United Nations has done little to secure the release of their employee. If you have a moment, please refer to our editorial (PDF file) and contact the U.N. committees listed there. Thanks.

Articles

At City's Massage Parlors, the Traffick Light is Always Green (August, 2007)

S.F. Chronicle Series on Sex Trafficking (October, 2006)

History and Politics of Sexual Slavery (February, 2007)

The City Edition Special Focus: Global Sex Trafficking (Feb 2007) PDF file.

Seventeen Massage Parlors Closed by Task Force (May 9, 2007)

Sex Trafficking of Women in the United States (2001). PDF file.

Asian Criminal Enterprises and Prostitution (2002) From the U.S. State Dept. website.

Editorial in S.F. Chronicle (Nov 30, 2006)

Editorial on the Weeklies, the S.F. Public Library and the Sexualization of Girls (May, 2007)

Editorial on Sex Trafficking and the Weeklies - Part II (August, 2007)

Organizations