Child Trafficking & Slavery | The Dark Side Of Chocolate | 3CHICSPOLITICO

“America’s largest and most profitable food conglomerates should not tolerate child labor, much less child slave labor, anywhere in their supply chains,” the complaint reads. “These companies should not turn a blind eye to known human rights abuses… especially when the companies consistently and affirmatively represent that they act in a socially and ethically responsible manner.”

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Gang-raped to avenge poll defeat, girl ends life – Times of India

Panchayat poll rivalry took a hideous turn in a village in Mirzapur district when the minor daughter of a winning woman block development council (BDC) candidate was allegedly gang-raped by her mother’s rivals. She later killed herself following police inaction.

Source: Gang-raped to avenge poll defeat, girl ends life – Times of India

Czech president Zeman says refugee wave is ′organized invasion′ | News | DW.COM | 26.12.2015

Czech President Milos Zeman has compared the refugees arriving to Europe with the Trojan horse, and called the influx an ‘organized invasion.’ His comments were met with outrage.

Source: Czech president Zeman says refugee wave is ′organized invasion′ | News | DW.COM | 26.12.2015

Native American San Carlos Apache tribe takes on BHP, Rio Tinto over plans to mine sacred site – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

A group of Native Americans are taking on a subsidiary of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto to try to save a sacred desert area.

Source: Native American San Carlos Apache tribe takes on BHP, Rio Tinto over plans to mine sacred site – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

China – Beijing-based French reporter told she must leave China

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the Chinese government’s “arbitrary expulsion” of Beijing-based French journalist Ursula Gauthier and its attitude to the media in general.

The correspondent of the French news weekly L’Obs, Gauthier has been told that her visa is not being renewed because of a story last month about Chinese counter-terrorism policies. This means she will have to leave by 31 December.

Published on 18 November and headlined “http://bitly.com/1mjHYb2…‘ class=’spip_out’>After the [Paris] attacks, China’s solidarity is not without ulterior motives,” her article accused the government of using the Jihadi threat and security requirements as pretexts for cracking down on calls for independence in the far-west province of Xinjiang.

As a result of the article, Gauthier was the target of a smear campaign in the government-controlled media as well as a series of online attacks. Some sites went so far as to post photos of Gauthier along with her private address.

We are shocked by the Chinese authorities’ decision to expel this journalist, who has been based in China for several years,” Reporters Without Borders editor in chief Aude Rossigneux said.

The government is yet again putting pressure on journalists who criticize its policies. It is not the job of correspondents to act as mouthpieces of the People’s Republic of China. We urge the government to stop using intimidation to obstruct reporting by foreign journalists.”

Harassment by the authorities, obstruction and intimidation attempts continue to be the lot of foreign journalists and their local fixers in China. Several foreign journalists were manhandled and prevented from working freely after the explosions in the port city of Tianjin in August.

China is ranked 176th out of 180 countries in the 2015 Reporters Without Borders press freedom index.

Chief Big Foot Memorial – Future Generation Riders Continue Ride Towards Wounded Knee on Christmas

Big Foot Ride 1225 dPublished December 25, 2015

PINE RIDGE INDIAN RESERVATION – Chief Big Foot Memorial – Future Generations riders spent Christmas Day heading towards Kyle, South Dakota on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

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Native News Online photos by Diane DuBray.
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A winter storm began delivering snow on the reservation late Christmas afternoon, which caused the riders to decide to travel into Kyle, instead of camping there for the night.

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[Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President, looking at a photo album with his son, Tad Lincoln, Feb. 9, 1864] (LOC) by The Library of Congress

Berger, Anthony, b. 1832, photographer.

[Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President, looking at a photo album with his son, Tad Lincoln, Feb. 9, 1864]

[Washington, D.C. : Brady National Photographic Art Gallery , 1864]

1 photographic print : albumen ; 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.

Notes:
President Lincoln visited the Brady Gallery in Washington, D.C., with his son Tad, on Tuesday, February 9, 1864. "One of the most popular Lincoln portraits, this is the only close-up of him wearing spectacles. It was issued in huge quantities in many variations, with and without Brady’s permission." (Source: Ostendorf, p. 182)

Published in: Lincoln’s photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 182-3.

Title devised by Library staff.
Forms part of: Arthur Wallace Dunn Papers.

Related names:
Brady National Photographic Art Gallery (Washington, D.C.), photographer.

Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham–1809-1865–Family.
Lincoln, Thomas–1853-1871–Family.
Photograph albums–1860-1870.

Format: Portrait photographs–1860-1870.
Group portraits–1860-1870.
Albumen prints–1860-1870.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, http://1.usa.gov/1D9d3AE

Persistent URL: http://1.usa.gov/1mEHih5

Call Number: LOT 12255 [item]

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B & O Women Workers, Loraine, O. [i.e. Ohio] (LOC) by The Library of Congress

Bain News Service,, publisher.

B & O Women Workers, Loraine, O. [i.e. Ohio]

[between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920]

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Notes:
Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Format: Glass negatives.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, http://1.usa.gov/1D9d3AE

General information about the Bain Collection is available at http://1.usa.gov/1HWc8Jc

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): http://1.usa.gov/1Vigy1r

Call Number: LC-B2- 4217-2

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