Current Stories - Resource Library - USA Human Rights2024-03-29T15:54:50Zhttp://usahumanrights.com/resource-library/feed/category/Current+StoriesAmnesty International India sensitizes young minds on human rightshttp://usahumanrights.com/resource-library/amnesty-international-india-sensitizes-young-minds-human-rights2014-01-14T05:11:14.000Z2014-01-14T05:11:14.000ZHenry Abbotthttp://usahumanrights.com/members/HenryAbbott<div><p><span style="float: left;" name="advenueINTEXT" id="advenueINTEXT">BANGALORE: "If the world lets go of such atrocities and if people do not actually learn to stand up and act, I fear one day my home may also be faced with similar horror and no matter how much I beg and cry for help, it may not come," said Mathhew Arnold Mata, 16, from Legacy School, Bangalore.<br />
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<p><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Amnesty-International-India-sensitizes-young-minds-on-human-rights/articleshow/28747312.cms" target="_blank">Full Story Here...</a></p>
</div>Human trafficking billboards feature hotline to report crimes, help victimshttp://usahumanrights.com/resource-library/human-trafficking-billboards-feature-hotline-to-report-crimes2014-01-14T04:46:18.000Z2014-01-14T04:46:18.000ZHenry Abbotthttp://usahumanrights.com/members/HenryAbbott<div><p>During her State of the State Address, Governor Jan Brewer urged the Legislature to do more to crack down on human trafficking in Arizona and on Monday, new anti-trafficking billboards were unveiled.</p>
<p>The billboards display the number for the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline where people can report crimes and get help for victims...</p>
<p><a href="Human%20trafficking%20billboards%20feature%20hotline%20to%20report%20crimes,%20help%20victims%20Read%20more:%20http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/story/24439432/2014/01/13/human-trafficking-billboards-feature-hotline-to-report-crimes-help-victims#ixzz2qLRXp68G" target="_blank">Full Story Here...</a></p>
</div>Gambian Musicians End Training On Human Rights, Democracyhttp://usahumanrights.com/resource-library/gambian-musicians-end-training-on-human-rights-democracy2014-01-03T04:02:29.000Z2014-01-03T04:02:29.000ZHenry Abbotthttp://usahumanrights.com/members/HenryAbbott<div><p>Twenty Gambian musicians recently concluded a two-day intensive training on human rights and democracy, promoting social justice through music...</p>
<p><a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201401021532.html" target="_blank">Full Story Here...</a></p>
</div>Myanmar: UN human rights office welcomes presidential pardon for political prisonershttp://usahumanrights.com/resource-library/myanmar-un-human-rights-office-welcomes-presidential-pardon2014-01-02T03:03:59.000Z2014-01-02T03:03:59.000ZHenry Abbotthttp://usahumanrights.com/members/HenryAbbott<div><p>31 December 2013 – The United Nations human rights office today welcomed the presidential pardon granted in Myanmar to political prisoners convicted of or prosecuted for various offences under seven specific laws, including unlawful association, peaceful assembly, treason and sedition...</p>
<p><a href="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp/story.asp?NewsID=46855&Cr=Myanmar&Cr1=#.UsTWK_bgaRc" target="_blank">Full Story Here...</a></p>
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</div>What Obama's Anti-'Human Trafficking' Order Means for Applehttp://usahumanrights.com/resource-library/what-obama-s-anti-human-trafficking-order-means-for-apple2013-12-28T20:29:07.000Z2013-12-28T20:29:07.000ZHenry Abbotthttp://usahumanrights.com/members/HenryAbbott<div><p>...Friday is the deadline for corporate suppliers of the world’s biggest consumer—the U.S. government—to have a say in new regulations aimed at ending indentured servitude overseas. The rules stem from an executive order Obama signed last year, called “Strengthening Protections Against Trafficking In Persons In Federal Contracts.” ...</p>
<p><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-12-18/what-obamas-anti-human-trafficking-order-means-for-apple" target="_blank">Full Story Here...</a></p>
</div>Behavioural shift: 'Wholehearted efforts to help include human rights subject at schools'http://usahumanrights.com/resource-library/behavioural-shift-wholehearted-efforts-to-help-include-human-righ2013-12-28T02:38:43.000Z2013-12-28T02:38:43.000ZHenry Abbotthttp://usahumanrights.com/members/HenryAbbott<div><div>KARACHI: Educationists and civil society members have stressed the need for wholehearted efforts to include human rights as a separate subject in the schools’ curriculum in the country...</div>
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<p><a href="http://tribune.com.pk/story/651631/behavioural-shift-wholehearted-efforts-to-help-include-human-rights-subject-at-schools/" target="_blank">Full Story Here...</a></p>
</div>Internet privacy as important as human rights, says UN's Navi Pillayhttp://usahumanrights.com/resource-library/internet-privacy-as-important-as-human-rights-says-un-s-navi-pill2013-12-28T02:08:48.000Z2013-12-28T02:08:48.000ZHenry Abbotthttp://usahumanrights.com/members/HenryAbbott<div><p>The UN human rights chief, Navi Pillay, has compared the uproar in the international community caused by revelations of mass surveillance  with the collective response that helped bring down the apartheid regime in South Africa...</p>
<p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/26/un-navi-pillay-internet-privacy" target="_blank">Full Story Here...</a></p>
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</div>The Post’s View A Russian human rights victory that shouldn't be the lasthttp://usahumanrights.com/resource-library/the-post-s-view-a-russian-human-rights-victory-that-shouldn-t-be-2013-12-23T03:46:13.000Z2013-12-23T03:46:13.000ZHenry Abbotthttp://usahumanrights.com/members/HenryAbbott<div><p>VLADIMIR PUTIN’S release Friday of his most famous prisoner showed that Western censure can change his calculations. In recent days, President Obama and the presidents of Germany and France announced they would not attend the upcoming Winter Olympics in Sochi, in what was widely interpreted as a protest of Russia’s...</p>
<p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-russian-human-rights-victory-that-shouldnt-be-the-last/2013/12/20/77a0f422-699b-11e3-ae56-22de072140a2_story.html" target="_blank">Full Story Here...</a></p>
</div>Events mark 65th anniversary of United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rightshttp://usahumanrights.com/resource-library/events-mark-65th-anniversary-of-united-nations-universal-declarat2013-12-22T08:42:08.000Z2013-12-22T08:42:08.000ZHenry Abbotthttp://usahumanrights.com/members/HenryAbbott<div><p>December 6, 2013 - A United Nations declaration 65 years ago remains a cherished pledge for people around the world. This coming week, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights will be celebrated in events around the region...</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.gazettenet.com/home/9679156-95/events-mark-65th-anniversary-of-united-nations-universal-declaration-of-human-rights" target="_blank">Full Story Here...</a></p>
</div>Selection Committee Announces 2013 Winners of United Nations Human Rights Prizehttp://usahumanrights.com/resource-library/selection-committee-announces-2013-winners-of-united-nations-huma2013-12-22T08:36:33.000Z2013-12-22T08:36:33.000ZHenry Abbotthttp://usahumanrights.com/members/HenryAbbott<div><p>The winners of the prestigious United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights for 2013 have been announced today by the selection committee.  They are:  Biram Dah Abeid, Hiljmnijeta Apuk, Liisa Kauppinen, Khadija Ryadi, the Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico and Malala Yousafzai...</p>
<p><a href="https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2013/hr5164.doc.htm" target="_blank">Full Story Here...</a></p>
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</div>U.N. to Review NSA Privacy Violations Among Other U.S. Rights Abuseshttp://usahumanrights.com/resource-library/u-n-to-review-nsa-privacy-violations-among-other-u-s-rights-abuse2013-12-22T08:28:20.000Z2013-12-22T08:28:20.000ZHenry Abbotthttp://usahumanrights.com/members/HenryAbbott<div><p>Human rights advocates from across the country are joining together today in a National Day of Action to raise awareness about the state of human rights in the United States at the local, state, and federal levels, and to spotlight areas where the U.S. has fallen behind in its international human rights obligations....</p>
<p><a href="https://www.aclu.org/blog/human-rights-national-security/un-review-nsa-privacy-violations-among-other-us-rights-abuses" target="_blank">Full Story Here...</a></p>
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</div>EU awards top human rights award to Malalahttp://usahumanrights.com/resource-library/eu-awards-top-human-rights-award-to-malala2013-10-16T00:51:24.000Z2013-10-16T00:51:24.000ZLarry McDonaldhttp://usahumanrights.com/members/LarryMcDonald<div><p>BRUSSELS (AP) — European lawmakers awarded their top human rights prize Thursday to Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, who last year survived a Taliban assassination attempt because of her outspoken support for girls' education.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/10/10/eu-awards-top-human-rights-award-to-malala/2957661/" target="_blank">Full Story...</a></p>
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<p>KATHMANDU: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is planning to incorporate human rights education into the school curricula. <br />
The commission wants to include human rights education in schools in order to create a rights-friendly society, said NHRC Secretary Bed Prasad Bhattarai inaugurating a two-day workshop in Dhulikhel today.</p>
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</div>Malala Yousafzai opens new Birmingham libraryhttp://usahumanrights.com/resource-library/malala-yousafzai-opens-new-birmingham-library2013-09-23T00:12:17.000Z2013-09-23T00:12:17.000ZLarry McDonaldhttp://usahumanrights.com/members/LarryMcDonald<div><p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1388514?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="140" class="align-right" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1388514?profile=original"></a>Malala Yousafzai, the teenager shot by the Taliban after speaking out for girls' rights to education in Pakistan, declared that pens and books were weapons to defeat terrorism as she officially opened a new £188m civic library in her adopted home city of Birmingham.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/03/malala-yousafzai-opens-birmingham-library" target="_blank">Read news story...</a></p></div>Children’s Act for Responsible Employment (CARE Act) intended to help protect child farmworkershttp://usahumanrights.com/resource-library/children-s-act-for-responsible-employment-care-act-intended-to-he2013-09-22T15:52:42.000Z2013-09-22T15:52:42.000ZLarry McDonaldhttp://usahumanrights.com/members/LarryMcDonald<div><p>The Children’s Act for Responsible Employment (CARE Act) would help protect child farmworkers:  Grecia Balli began working in farm fields when she was 10 years old.  Grecia is one of an estimated 400,000 to 500,000 children who work in U.S. agriculture. Child farmworkers aren’t treated the same as other children, either, under current U.S. labor laws.</p>
<p><a href="http://stopchildlabor.org/?p=3521" target="_blank">Full story here...</a></p>
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</div>Global Human Trafficking Hotline Is Launching Out of D.C with help from Googlehttp://usahumanrights.com/resource-library/global-human-trafficking-hotline-is-launching-out-of-d-c-with-hel2013-09-22T15:34:46.000Z2013-09-22T15:34:46.000ZLarry McDonaldhttp://usahumanrights.com/members/LarryMcDonald<div><p>For years, law enforcement has depended on tips from a D.C.-based national hotline to identify human traffickers in the U.S., where the State Department estimates some 15,000 people are trafficked to every year.  Using a $3 million award from Google, anti-trafficking groups Polaris Project, Liberty Asia and La Strada International plan to build an alliance of hotlines around the world.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2013/04/09/a-global-human-trafficking-hotline-is-launching-out-of-dc-with-help-from-google" target="_blank">Read full news story...</a></p>
</div>US legislation against child marriage.http://usahumanrights.com/resource-library/us-legislation-against-child-marriage2013-08-22T01:15:56.000Z2013-08-22T01:15:56.000ZDerek Hitchmanhttp://usahumanrights.com/members/derek<div><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2219678?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>US legislates to prevent child marriage worldwide:  In a development welcomed by child marriage activists, the United States Congress has passed a bill stating that child marriage breaches fundamental human rights – and requiring the US to integrate the prevention of this harmful practice across its development programmes.  <span class="font-size-1"><a href="http://theelders.org/article/us-legislates-prevent-child-marriage-worldwide" target="_blank">View the article here</a></span></p>
</div>Hawaii governor signs domestic workers bill.http://usahumanrights.com/resource-library/hawaii-governor-signs-domestic-workers-bill2013-08-22T01:09:56.000Z2013-08-22T01:09:56.000ZDerek Hitchmanhttp://usahumanrights.com/members/derek<div><p>Hawaii gov signs domestic workers bill:  Gov. Neil Abercrombie signed a domestic workers bill of rights Monday, making Hawaii the second U.S. state to give nannies, housekeepers and others protections on wages and other labor issues. <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/AP6c537efafd864377bd2c59b966de8969.html" target="_blank">See the article here</a></p>
</div>Podcast about adoption of the ICCPR by the UShttp://usahumanrights.com/resource-library/podcast-about-adoption-of-the-iccpr-by-the-us2013-08-22T01:07:10.000Z2013-08-22T01:07:10.000ZDerek Hitchmanhttp://usahumanrights.com/members/derek<div><p>Podcast:  Engaging Civil and Political Rights in the U.S.  The US Human Rights Network is working to promote full implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) by educating the public about the U.S. Government obligations under the treaty and by engaging community groups in the effective use of the treaty to promote human rights at home.  <span class="font-size-1"><a href="http://www.ushrnetwork.org/resources-media/engaging-civil-political-rights-us" target="_blank">Listen to it here</a></span></p>
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</div>Nelson Mandela and other internationl Elders introduce Every Human Has Rightshttp://usahumanrights.com/resource-library/nelson-mandela-and-other-internationl-elders-introduce-every-huma2013-08-22T01:04:28.000Z2013-08-22T01:04:28.000ZDerek Hitchmanhttp://usahumanrights.com/members/derek<div><p>Every Human Has Rights:  To begin the 60th anniversary year of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), The Elders and partners today launched the Every Human Has Rights campaign to empower global citizens to protect the first-ever comprehensive agreement on human rights among nations.  <span class="font-size-1"><a href="http://vimeo.com/1971977" target="_blank">See it here</a></span></p>
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</div>Free and Equal: a new global public education campaign against homophobia and transphobiahttp://usahumanrights.com/resource-library/free-and-equal-a-new-global-public-education-campaign-against-hom2013-08-22T01:03:18.000Z2013-08-22T01:03:18.000ZDerek Hitchmanhttp://usahumanrights.com/members/derek<div><p>Free and Equal: a new global public education campaign against homophobia and transphobia  <span class="font-size-1"><a href="http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/FreeAndEqualCampaign.aspx" target="_blank">See the article here</a></span></p>
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</div>News of Annual World Day Against Child Laborhttp://usahumanrights.com/resource-library/news-of-annual-world-day-against-child-labor2013-08-22T00:59:58.000Z2013-08-22T00:59:58.000ZDerek Hitchmanhttp://usahumanrights.com/members/derek<div><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2219697?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>World Day Against Child Labor:  Each year since 2002, the international community has come together on June 12 to mark World Day Against Child Labor.  According to estimates of the International Labor Organization (ILO), over 215 million children worldwide are engaged in child labor.  This year, we call particular attention to the plight of those children – mostly girls – who are engaged in domestic work. </p>
<p><a href="http://blogs.state.gov/stories/2013/06/12/world-day-against-child-labor-0" target="_blank">View the news here</a></p>
</div>Democracy and Human Rights Stories: The latest news from the official website blog of the US Department of State, covering many regions and topicshttp://usahumanrights.com/resource-library/democracy-and-human-rights-stories-the-latest-news-from-the-offic2013-08-22T00:55:55.000Z2013-08-22T00:55:55.000ZDerek Hitchmanhttp://usahumanrights.com/members/derek<div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1388501?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1388501?profile=original" width="428" class="align-center"></a></p>
<p>Democracy and Human Rights Stories: The latest news from the official website blog of the US Department of State, covering many regions and topics</p>
<p><a href="http://blogs.state.gov/tags/democracy-and-human-rights" target="_blank">View the blog here</a></p></div>US Dept of State country reports on trafficking in persons.http://usahumanrights.com/resource-library/us-dept-of-state-country-reports-on-trafficking-in-persons2013-08-22T00:54:52.000Z2013-08-22T00:54:52.000ZPaulette Agamihttp://usahumanrights.com/members/PauletteAgami<div><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2219699?profile=RESIZE_180x180&width=150"></div><div><div id="body-col02-row01">
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<p>The Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report is the U.S. Government’s principal diplomatic tool to engage foreign governments on human trafficking. It is also the world’s most comprehensive resource of governmental anti-human trafficking efforts and reflects the U.S. Government’s commitment to global leadership on this key human rights and law enforcement issue. It represents an updated, global look at the nature and scope of trafficking in persons and the broad range of government actions to confront and eliminate it. The U.S. Government uses the TIP Report to engage foreign governments in dialogues to advance anti-trafficking reforms and to combat trafficking and to target resources on prevention, protection and prosecution programs. Worldwide, the report is used by international organizations, foreign governments, and nongovernmental organizations alike as a tool to examine where resources are most needed. Freeing victims, preventing trafficking, and bringing traffickers to justice are the ultimate goals of the report and of the U.S Government's anti-human trafficking policy.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/" target="_blank">See more here</a></p>
</div>2013 International Women of Courage Award Winnershttp://usahumanrights.com/resource-library/2013-international-women-of-courage-award-winners2013-08-22T00:53:23.000Z2013-08-22T00:53:23.000ZDerek Hitchmanhttp://usahumanrights.com/members/derek<div><p><img src="http://www.state.gov/img/13/52832/Afghanistan_120_1.jpg" alt="Date: 03/04/2013 Description: Malalai Bahaduri - State Dept Image" /><img src="http://www.state.gov/img/13/52833/Tibet_120_1.jpg" alt="Date: 03/04/2013 Description: China Tsering Woeser (Wei Se) - State Dept Image" /><img src="http://www.state.gov/img/13/52835/Honduras_120_1.jpg" alt="Date: 03/04/2013 Description: Julieta Castellanos - State Dept Image" /></p>
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</div>Sex-trafficking raid leads to rescuehttp://usahumanrights.com/resource-library/sex-trafficking-raid-leads-to-rescue2013-08-22T00:48:55.000Z2013-08-22T00:48:55.000ZDerek Hitchmanhttp://usahumanrights.com/members/derek<div><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2219665?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>More than 100 teens rescued in weekend sex-trafficking raids:  More than 100 teenagers — many of them children from broken homes — were rescued over the weekend in a sex-trafficking crackdown that swept more than 70 cities, the FBI said. </p>
<p><a href="http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/07/29/19754475-more-than-100-teens-rescued-in-weekend-sex-trafficking-raids-fbi-says?lite" target="_blank">See the video here</a></p>
</div>US Dept of State country reports on religious freedom.http://usahumanrights.com/resource-library/us-dept-of-state-country-reports-on-religious-freedom2013-08-22T00:42:47.000Z2013-08-22T00:42:47.000ZPaulette Agamihttp://usahumanrights.com/members/PauletteAgami<div><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2219694?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>International Religious Freedom Reports describe the status of religious freedom, government policies violating religious belief and practices of groups, religious denominations and individuals, and U.S. policies promoting religious freedom.  From the US Dept of State.</p>
<p>The annual Report to Congress on International Religious Freedom – the International Religious Freedom Report – describes the status of religious freedom in every country. The report covers government policies violating religious belief and practices of groups, religious denominations and individuals, and U.S. policies to promote religious freedom around the world. The U.S. Department of State submits the reports in accordance with the <a href="http://www.humanrights.gov/2010/11/12/international-religious-freedom-act/"><b>International Religious Freedom Act of 1998</b></a>.</p>
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</div>Recent news posts from Not For Sale website.http://usahumanrights.com/resource-library/recent-news-posts-from-not-for-sale-website2013-08-22T00:39:00.000Z2013-08-22T00:39:00.000ZDerek Hitchmanhttp://usahumanrights.com/members/derek<div><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2219788?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Recent international news posts from the Not For Sale campaign to support modern solutions to modern-day slavery.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.notforsalecampaign.org/" target="_blank">View the news here</a></p>
</div>US Dept of State country reports on UDHR matters.http://usahumanrights.com/resource-library/us-dept-of-state-country-reports-on-udhr-matters2013-08-22T00:34:26.000Z2013-08-22T00:34:26.000ZPaulette Agamihttp://usahumanrights.com/members/PauletteAgami<div><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2219672?profile=RESIZE_180x180&width=86"></div><div><div id="body-col02-row01">
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<p><i>“We see it as fundamental to our own interests to support a just peace around the world—one in which individuals, and not just nations, are granted the fundamental rights that they deserve.” </i> – <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/rss_viewer/national_security_strategy.pdf"><b>May 2010 National Security Strategy</b></a></p>
<p>The annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices – the Human Rights Reports – cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the <a href="http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/2009/127409.htm"><b>Universal Declaration of Human Rights</b></a> and other international agreements. The U.S. Department of State submits reports on all countries receiving assistance and all United Nations member states to the U.S. Congress in accordance with the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Trade Act of 1974.</p>
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</div>St. Augustine woman takes action in supporting victims of slavery.http://usahumanrights.com/resource-library/st-augustine-woman-takes-action-in-supporting-victims-of-slavery2013-08-22T00:33:36.000Z2013-08-22T00:33:36.000ZDerek Hitchmanhttp://usahumanrights.com/members/derek<div><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2219674?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=280"></div><div><p>Local woman helps fight human trafficking:  Sarah Symons, 48, and her husband, John Berger, 46, founded and operate Made By Survivors, a nonprofit group that offers survivors of trafficking the education and training to restart and improve their lives.</p>
<p><a href="http://staugustine.com/news/local-news/2013-07-09-2#.UhVcLZKceAj" target="_blank">See the full article here</a></p>
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