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Child ‘Slavery’ In Haiti

Source: Scoop
Port-au-Prince : Haiti | 5 months ago  
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Gulnara Shahinian, the Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, voiced her deep concern over the highly exploitative nature of the ‘restavek’ system in Haiti, which she said is tantamount to slavery. At the end of her 2-10 June visit to the impoverished nation, she said the system...
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  • News Source: Fox News | 5 months ago
    Haiti —  A U.N. human rights expert says Haiti is suffering a "modern form of slavery" in the widespread use of children as house laborers. Gulnara Shahinian says hundreds of thousands of youngsters are forced to work as what are known as "...
  • News Source: Scoop | 5 months ago
    Gulnara Shahinian, the Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, voiced her deep concern over the highly exploitative nature of the ‘restavek’ system in Haiti, which she said is tantamount to slavery. At the end of her 2-10 June visit...
  • News Source: Leader Post Online | 5 months ago
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