"“This is a kind of slavery, because the people living here have no opportunity for school, to get a job in the city, they don’t have infrastructure like an official power grid, water, roads & that is destroying their perspective on life”" The Denver Post denverpost-co-app.newsmemory.com/?publink=2f489…

"Biden's historic declaration on Saturday has infuriated its NATO ally Turkey, which has said the announcement had opened a "deep wound" in relations that have already been strained over a host of issues." NBC News nbcnews.com/news/world/erd…

"Interviews with workers, copies of pay slips, & WhatsApp messages from Amazon HR reveal that many had to work overtime beyond legal limits while others were let go without severance, forced to resign, or laid off after falling ill with COVID-19." Reuters reuters.com/article/mexico…

"Outraged by a long-ignored slaying in Honduras, lawyers are urging a human rights court in Central America to force governments to better protect transgender people in a region where they are targets." The New York Times nytimes.com/2021/04/29/wor…

"At least four people died and more than two dozen others were hospitalized after an overcrowded boat being used to smuggle migrants broke apart on a reef off the coast of San Diego on Sunday morning, the authorities said." The New York Times nytimes.com/2021/05/02/us/…

HTC's newest blog post discusses wage theft and the Colorado Wage Act. Check it out: humantraffickingcenter.org/the-unseen-pan…

DU students: You are invited to present your research at the Johnson-Petersen Memorial Research Symposium, hosted by the Center On Human Rights Education and the Human Trafficking Center on May 21st from 12pm to 2pm! View details below:

"The move was a stark turnaround from the Biden’s administration’s previous announcement last month that it would keep the number of refugees admitted to the US at the historical low of 15,000, sparking widespread outrage." The Guardian theguardian.com/world/2021/may…

"Seven of Apple's suppliers were found to be linked to suspected forced labor of Uyghur Muslims and other persecuted groups sourced from the Xinjiang region, according to an investigation by The Information." Business Insider businessinsider.com/apple-china-su…

"The FBI was at a massive Hindu temple in New Jersey on Tuesday that has been accused in a lawsuit of luring Indian men from marginalized communities to the U.S. and forcing them to work nearly 90 hours a week for around $1 an hour." NBC News nbcnews.com/news/us-news/h…

"Ms Bachelet added that “rather than seeking to calm tensions, inflammatory rhetoric from leaders on all sides appears to be seeking to excite tensions rather than to calm them.”" United Nations news.un.org/en/story/2021/…

Join us this Friday from 12-2pm MST for the Johnson-Petersen Memorial Research Symposium! Register here to receive the link: …sonpetersenresearchsymp.wordpress.com/attendee-regis….

We are thrilled to share with you the completion and publishing of the Human Trafficking Center's Encyclopedia of Human Trafficking! The following is the link to the Encyclopedia: bit.ly/3en8tIg

We are excited to share with you the completion and publishing of the Human Trafficking Center's Climate Change and Human Trafficking Project! The following is the link to the project: humantraffickingcenter.org/climate-change…

Join us TODAY from 12-2pm MST for the Johnson-Petersen Memorial Research Symposium! Register here to receive the link: …sonpetersenresearchsymp.wordpress.com/attend.../.

"The move further modifies a 2019 withhold release order that prohibited the import of all tobacco products from Malawi based on information indicating that the tobacco was produced using forced labor and forced child labor." Reuters reuters.com/article/usa-tr…

"It claimed that high-ranking officers in Harris County Precinct 1’s Human Trafficking Unit handpicked female deputies for undercover operations because they were “young, attractive and Latina” & fit the personal taste of a commanding officer." NBC News nbcnews.com/news/us-news/c…

"Li Qiang, general manager of the Huafu Fashion yarn factory in Xinjiang, told reporters that even though the company lost money in 2020 for the first time in its 27-year history, it bounced back by shifting to domestic orders." The Associated Press apnews.com/article/china-…

"The revisions are part of the church’s continued process of seeking to address gaps in its response to the sexual abuse scandal that has devastated the Roman Catholic faith over the last quarter century." The New York Times nytimes.com/2021/06/01/wor…

Thank you for the years of support, and for your continued fight for a more just, equal, and free world! While we may be closing, our work will never stop. This is goodbye from the HTC. ❤️