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Citizenship Rights
More Than 900 Hill Tribe People Are Now Thai Citizens - And That’s Just The Beginning
CHIANG MAI, THAILAND, December 26, 2014Dozens of families waited patiently outside the rural government office, eager to begin the day they'd...
December 26
Online Sexual Exploitation of Children
Bloomberg News: The ‘Queen of Cyberporn’ and Her Town’s Industry of Abuse
Along the narrow roads leading into the Filipino village of Ibabao, billboards highlight traditional crafts such as baking cassava cakes, rope...
December 22
A Tiny Church In A Mumbai Slum Gives A Giant Gift At Christmas
Two women sit quietly on a tile floor in a Mumbai slum and carefully piece together bits of green and orange fabric in an intricate design. Sunlight...
December 22
Police Abuse of Power
This Kenyan Father Will Be Home For Christmas
Collins is a young husband and father in Kenya, and he has been in a Nairobi prison for nearly two years, charged with a crime he did not commit.
IJM...
December 19
Sex Trafficking
Three convictions in Pampanga show a country serious about stopping trafficking
PAMPANGA, THE PHILIPPINES - Two sex trafficking cases ended with convictions today in the Philippines. Both underscore a government serious about...
December 16
British charity director found guilty for abusing street children in Kenya
Today, a British court found Simon Harris guilty of abusing young Kenyan boys, as well as possessing indecent images of children, when he was...
December 16
Land Theft
Study sheds new light on violence against Ugandan widows
Kampala, Uganda - New IJM research finds that nearly one of three widows in one area of Uganda is a victim of property grabbing—a devastating crime...
November 25
Sex Trafficking
IJM’s First Cases In the Dominican Republic Result in Two Arrests & Justice for 14-Year-Old Girl
For a young teen named Clarisa* and her family, the fact that two men are in prison facing sex trafficking charges brings a sense of safety that...
October 24
Sex Trafficking
IJM Pampanga and Police Work Around the Clock to Rescue 17 Young Women
PAMPANGA, THE PHILIPPINES, October 03, 2014In just one week, IJM helped police rescue 17 girls and young women from four different bars in the...
October 03