Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Article of the day

Aleksa was brought to Greece from a country in eastern Europe. She was escaping difficulties in her life and hoped for a job that would allow her to support her family at home, she told Amnesty International. A family friend put her in touch with people who “would help her migrate”. They were traffickers. She said they forced her into prostitution, subjected her to severe physical and psychological abuse, and sold her on to different traffickers at least three times.

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and see what you can do to help women like Aleksa who may now be HIV positive or suffer other permanent psychological or physical damage after having been forced into slavery and prostitution by traffickers, or by their terrible personal circumstances.

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