by WorldTribune Staff, February 2, 2020 President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order aimed at stopping human trafficking and online child exploitation. Trump said his administration is “100 percent committed to eradicating human trafficking from the earth,” and called the practice a form of “modern-day slavery.” Trump’s order establishes a position in the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 1, 2017 Iran has recruited children as young as 14 to fight in the Syrian conflict, a rights group said. Afghan immigrant children living in Iran are recruited by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to fight in the Fatemiyoun division, an exclusively Afghan armed group supported by Teheran that fights alongside […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 28, 2017 While U.S. President Donald Trump continues to press China to rein in North Korea, the State Department on June 27 called out Beijing on its human rights record. “China was downgraded to Tier 3 action in this year’s report (on human trafficking) in part because it has not taken […]