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Japanese Court Defies Its Own Constitution, Orders Dissolution of Unification Church

A Tokyo court’s ruling to dissolve the Unification Church has ignited a global debate over religious freedom. Critics warn it sets a dangerous precedent for all faiths.

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Quebec Moves to Expand Ban on Religious Symbols in Schools, Threatening Religious Freedom

Quebec is taking religious intolerance to new levels—pushing to expand its ban on religious symbols from teachers to students and even parents picking up their kids at school.

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More Than 40 Allege “Horrific” Abuse, Including Rape, at Detroit Acadia Healthcare Facility

The reports come in the wake of a sexual assault lawsuit filed by three women against a former supervisor. It’s “uniquely egregious” alleged behavior at the Detroit Behavioral Institute.

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Exemptions Gut Florida FOI Laws—A Constant Assault on Government Transparency

Legislators have passed over 1,100 exemptions to Florida’s Sunshine Law. From Dale Earnhardt’s 2001 autopsy to the governor’s travel plans, the public are left in the dark.

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Children Are 4 in 10 Victims of Human Trafficking Worldwide, UN Expert Says

The true number of child victims is likely much higher. Low conviction rates and high returns make the enslavement of children a profitable crime.

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New Documentary “The Slave in Your Backyard” Chronicles Pervasiveness of “Everyday Trafficking”

By exposing the sex trafficking that goes on everywhere, these filmmakers are advocates for the kind of change that can only start with awareness.

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Six Convicted for Trafficking Migrants Into Forced Labor on UK Cannabis Farms

“Debt bondage” victims found themselves kidnapped and enslaved on illegal cannabis farms, servicing a pot industry that is booming in the UK.

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Scottsdale, AZ Police Arrest Over 200 in Human Trafficking Operation, Including Football Coach

Child sex trafficking, prostitution, luring a minor for sexual exploitation, possession of narcotic drugs and felony flight are among the charges.

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Virginia FOIA Law Strangled by Legislators Who Claim to Advocate Transparency

Nine thousand dollars for a school bus video? That’s the price of government transparency in Virginia. Legislators killed a bill that would have brought costs in line.

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“This Is Not a Threat But a Promise”—Hundreds Arrested in California Anti-Trafficking Sting

More than 100 law enforcement agencies across the state helped rescue nearly 180 individuals believed to be victims of human trafficking.

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Tennessee Moms Outraged by Illegal Solitary Confinement of Kids

Behind the locked gates of Richard L. Bean juvenile prison in Knoxville are shackled kids, no privacy and Bean’s favorite sadism: children in solitary confinement, often for days at a time.

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Two-Thirds of UK FOIA Requests Unanswered as Lawsuits Pile Up

The government spent over $1.1 million in 2023 fighting lawsuits filed by citizens for Freedom of Information Act disclosures. They are following the US tradition of secrecy.